Enrollment
219
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361974001807
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL
28 PENNSYLVANIA AVE, WURTSBORO, NY 12790 · (845) 888-2471 · Sullivan County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
119 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 50% larger than its 5th grade class (30).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL's state test result (47.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL this school | 219 | 54.3% | 47.6% |
| FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MONTGOMERY | 187 | 51.3% | N/A |
| CHILDREN'S WORKSHOP SCHOOL (THE) NEW YORK | 277 | 51.6% | 56.5% |
| CRAIG HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 287 | 54.7% | 41.8% |
| NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL NEW YORK | 215 | 44.2% | 46.0% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWARK | 207 | 57.5% | N/A |
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 EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.6% | #1,263 of 2,335 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,260 of 2,342 ▲ 192 | #2 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,267 of 2,343 ▲ 179 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #2,323 of 2,585 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,074 of 2,338 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.4% | #293 of 2,388 | #2 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.3% | #1,289 of 2,534 | #5 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #432 of 1,757 | #1 of 6 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
219
-10 (-4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 268
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 7.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 219 | 19 | 11.5:1 | 54% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 23.9 | 9.3:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 228 | 23.5 | 9.7:1 | 57% (130) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 30 | 7.6:1 | 49% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 292 | 23 | 12.7:1 | 55% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 25 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 29% (110) |
| 2000-01 | 291 | 17 | 17.1:1 | 22% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 268 | 12 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL.
About EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL is a small elementary school in WURTSBORO, New York, one of the schools in MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school serves kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 219 students. It has 51% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
In MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5 schools enroll a combined 2,695 students.
At EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL, White students make up the biggest share, 45%. Other groups make up 30% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 70% of Sullivan County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
The school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Of all students at EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL, 54% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of New York public elementary schools.
The model predicts 55.0% for a school in New York with EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL posts 47.6%.
For the population of Sullivan County, median household income comes to about $72,382, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sullivan County's 20 public schools enroll about 9,164 students and include EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL.
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 6.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL is 4th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell 4%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 7.6:1 in 2020-21, and 11.5:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,721
Census ACS
Median income
$72,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 833 students
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 484
- CIRCLEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL6.6 mi · 466
- PAKANASINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 412
- OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.3 mi · 559
- PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.5 mi · 1,225
- MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL8.6 mi · 826
Frequently asked questions
About EMMA C CHASE SCHOOLHow large is EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL?
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 219 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL serve?
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL.
How diverse is EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL?
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL reports a student body of 45% White, 30% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL public or private?
EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.