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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362190003109

ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

5180 ELLICOTT RD, ORCHARD PARK, NY 14127 · (716) 209-6278 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of New York public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools

Enrollment
718
Elementary
DISTRICT 579 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
81 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K365%
Kindergarten9413%
Grade 110915%
Grade 212517%
Grade 311216%
Grade 413118%
Grade 511115%

This year's kindergarten class (94) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).

Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
67594%
DISTRICT 90% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
193%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
51%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
183%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
36250%
Female
35650%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→ORCHARD PARK MIDDLE SCHOOL→ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2576.0%77.0%
2023-2473.0%80.0%
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
73.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school71811.3%73.0%
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST AURORA
7049.1%62.5%
FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOL
LOCKPORT
58412.3%N/A
WANTAGH SCHOOL
WANTAGH
6728.9%59.2%
BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MASSAPEQUA PARK
6966.3%50.8%
JEFFERSON AVENUE SCHOOL
FAIRPORT
60616.5%63.6%
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Erie County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
73.0%#304 of 2,335#5 of 115
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
77.0%#460 of 2,342
▼ 152
#11 of 115
▼ 5
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
76.0%#357 of 2,343
▼ 147
#7 of 115
▼ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
718#247 of 2,585#11 of 123
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.6:1#1,507 of 2,338#96 of 119
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
11.5%#2,276 of 2,388#110 of 119
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
11.3%#2,412 of 2,534#117 of 122
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+17.5%#166 of 606#8 of 43
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
718
+89 (+14%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2571856.912.6:111% (81)
2023-2471758.612.2:18% (57)
2022-2370358.312.1:114% (101)
2020-216295112.3:15% (33)
2017-1861148.812.5:17% (44)
2015-165984613.0:18% (48)
2010-116995213.4:13% (21)
2000-017404915.1:13% (19)
1990-916944116.9:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school serving families in ORCHARD PARK, New York. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 718 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 62% higher.

The district, ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 6 schools serving 4,769 students.

Of every 100 students at ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 94 are White. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Erie County is about 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 12, compared with 70 nationally.

Its staff includes 56.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.6 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 11%. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 40 points.

Among New York public elementary schools, ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 79%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.

The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +2.2 points: 73.0% actual, 70.8% predicted.

Census data for Erie County show the median household earns about $72,839 a year, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Erie County has 226 public schools.

The closest school to ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 1.5 miles away. ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9.

ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.

Enrollment was 718 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 629.

The discussion board for ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.

Erie County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students

Quick facts

School name
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
5180 ELLICOTT RD, ORCHARD PARK, NY 14127
Phone
(716) 209-6278
County
Erie County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
718
Teachers (FTE)
57
Student–teacher ratio
12.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
81 (11%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362190003109
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 718 students in grades PK-05.
Is ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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