Enrollment
213
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361629001433
ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL
121 SCHOOLHOUSE LN, HURLEY, NY 12443 · (845) 943-3481 · Ulster County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL213 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of New York public elementary schools
- C+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
10.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
55 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 8% larger than its 4th grade class (39).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL
ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL this school | 213 | 25.8% | 46.6% |
| TUTTLE AVENUE SCHOOL EASTPORT | 233 | 25.8% | N/A |
| WOODSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WOODSTOCK | 189 | 28.0% | 52.7% |
| GLENDAAL SCHOOL SCOTIA | 224 | 25.4% | 65.6% |
| BRIARWOOD SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 170 | 24.7% | 75.8% |
| EDWARD J ARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATHENS | 177 | 27.1% | 44.9% |
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 ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,313 of 2,335 | #15 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,535 of 2,342 ▼ 307 | #16 of 21 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,555 of 2,343 ▼ 305 | #14 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 213 | #2,349 of 2,585 | #20 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #532 of 2,338 | #11 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #1,602 of 2,388 | #17 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #2,073 of 2,534 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #1,693 of 1,757 | #16 of 16 |
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
213
-8 (-4%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 370
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 213 | 20.7 | 10.3:1 | 26% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 202 | 21 | 9.6:1 | 32% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 203 | 20.5 | 9.9:1 | 32% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 21 | 10.5:1 | 29% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 35% (76) |
| 2015-16 | 211 | 15 | 14.1:1 | 37% (79) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 21% (46) |
| 2000-01 | 280 | 20 | 14.0:1 | 25% (71) |
| 1990-91 | 370 | 18 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL.
About ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL
A small elementary school in HURLEY, New York, ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is part of KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. A federal count lists 213 students at the school, in kindergarten through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 52% smaller than that.
KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5,877 students in 10 schools, and ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is one of those schools.
A majority of students at ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL, 76%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 14% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. The county population is about 75% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL comes in at 40%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1, with 20.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 26% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Ulster County report 41%.
The allk12 Grade for ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 32% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is 18.9 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in New York.
Within Ulster County, median household income is about $86,271, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Ulster County number 45 and enroll about 20,189.
The closest other public school is HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL, about 1.7 miles away. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is ahead of the 38.7% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Federal counts put enrollment at 221 in 2020-21 and 213 in 2024-25, a 4% decrease.
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Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,749 students
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 936 students
- M CLIFFORD MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 826 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 492 students
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL1.7 mi · 397
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 936
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL2.5 mi · 492
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,749
- CHAMBERS SCHOOL4.3 mi · 306
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About ERNEST C MYER SCHOOLHow many students attend ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL?
ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 213 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL serve?
ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is approximately 10.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL?
At ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL public or private?
ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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