ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a well-populated elementary school in ORCHARD PARK, New York, operated by ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 718 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

ORCHARD PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,769 students; ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 73.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Erie County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 62.8%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has climbed 18%, going from 611 students in 2018 to 718 in 2025.

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