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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
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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 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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 501 | 16.6% | 67.2% |
| CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON LAKE | 498 | 15.7% | 70.1% |
| L PEARL PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 467 | 17.1% | 62.8% |
| VOORHEESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOORHEESVILLE | 541 | 15.7% | 70.5% |
| FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON LAKE | 468 | 19.0% | 75.0% |
| ROBERT L BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW HARTFORD | 471 | 15.5% | 61.6% |
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 ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #483 of 2,335 | #1 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #428 of 2,342 ▲ 29 | #1 of 23 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #654 of 2,343 ▲ 3 | #2 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 501 | #814 of 2,585 | #4 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,464 of 2,338 | #16 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.7% | #2,047 of 2,388 | #19 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #2,316 of 2,534 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.2% | #1,757 of 1,757 | #22 of 22 |
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
501
+32 (+7%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 501 | 40 | 12.5:1 | 17% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 41.5 | 11.9:1 | 23% (112) |
| 2022-23 | 480 | 39 | 12.3:1 | 20% (97) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 18% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 38 | 13.2:1 | 22% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 11% (66) |
| 2010-11 | 687 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 10% (71) |
| 2000-01 | 626 | 42 | 14.9:1 | 9% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 38 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in NORTH TONAWANDA, New York, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. It teaches 501 students in kindergarten through 5.
The NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 6 schools and 3,087 students.
Roughly 88% of students at ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. The remaining students are 6% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 23%.
With 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.5:1. That is in line with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 17% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Niagara County average 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 70% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.7 points below its prediction. Actual: 67.2%. Predicted: 68.9%.
Looking at the county, Niagara County, median household income comes to about $69,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 26,388 students.
Among nearby public schools, DRAKE SCHOOL is closest at about 2.1 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 32 students, or 7%. The school's ratio dropped from 14.2:1 to 12.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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.