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What's the most underrated thing about ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
501
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362085002950
ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6839 ERRICK RD, NORTH TONAWANDA, NY 14120 · (716) 215-3240 · Niagara County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL501 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
83 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD 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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
501
-1 (0%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.2:1
% White
88%
was 87%
% Hispanic
2%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 4%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in NORTH TONAWANDA, New York, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school, operated by NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 501 students across grades K through 5.
NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,087 students; ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 17% of students at ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Niagara County's rate of about 49%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.9%, the actual is 67.2%, a residual of -1.7 points.
Around the school, Niagara County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,633 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Niagara County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students), ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: DRAKE SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.8%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Five-year trend. ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 502 (now 501).
Inside the community feed, members of the ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,041 students
- EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COLONIAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 351 students
- TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 70 students
Other schools in NORTH TONAWANDA
- NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 961 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 725 students
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 495 students
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 367 students
- SPRUCE SCHOOLElementary · 336 students
- DRAKE SCHOOLElementary · 242 students
Nearby schools
- DRAKE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 242
- NORTH TONAWANDA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 725
- OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 367
- NORTH TONAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 961
- NORTH TONAWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL3.0 mi · 495
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 501 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 88% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.