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ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

16 BEARTOWN RD, PAINTED POST, NY 14870 · (607) 936-6514 · Steuben County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% 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.
  • B-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

Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
128 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7119%
Grade 17019%
Grade 25314%
Grade 35414%
Grade 46718%
Grade 56317%

This year's kindergarten class (71) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (63).

Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
29678%
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
195%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
82%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
3610%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
195%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
19953%
Female
17947%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
58.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2558.0%65.0%
2023-2452.0%65.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school37833.9%59.3%
MYLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW HARTFORD
35729.7%48.4%
GARDNER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HORSEHEADS
44436.7%58.3%
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DEPEW
40130.9%67.0%
MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BALLSTON SPA
34531.0%62.7%
COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COOPERSTOWN
38129.1%63.5%
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 ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Steuben County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
59.3%#779 of 2,335#3 of 14
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#885 of 2,342
▼ 151
#3 of 14
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
58.0%#1,031 of 2,343
▼ 231
#4 of 14
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
378#1,496 of 2,585#9 of 17
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.6:1#1,494 of 2,338#12 of 14
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
37.2%#1,689 of 2,388#1 of 14
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
33.9%#1,876 of 2,534#15 of 15
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.7%#627 of 1,757#3 of 13
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 2024-25
Enrollment
378
-40 (-10%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253783012.6:134% (128)
2023-243953013.2:131% (122)
2022-233733112.0:133% (123)
2020-214182616.1:131% (128)
2017-184713115.2:128% (133)
2015-164332616.6:126% (111)
2010-114893215.3:124% (118)
2000-013322016.6:125% (84)
1990-912571123.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of PAINTED POST, New York. It reports enrollment of 378 students in kindergarten through 5.

ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 9 schools and 4,354 students.

At ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 78% of students are White. The school is also 10% Asian, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is lower than the 92% White share among all Steuben County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 37%.

There are about 12.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 30. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 34%. Public schools in Steuben County average 51%.

ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY 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 61% of New York public elementary schools.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 62.5% at ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 59.3%.

For the population of Steuben County, the median household earns about $65,887 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Steuben County's 34 public schools enroll about 13,701 students and include ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About 1.4 miles separate ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.3% against a local average of 55.5%.

The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).

Enrollment fell 10% over 4 years, reaching 378 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.1:1 in 2020-21, and 12.6:1 in 2024-25.

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Steuben County at a glance

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Population
92,588
Census ACS
Median income
$65,887
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,701 students

Quick facts

School name
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
16 BEARTOWN RD, PAINTED POST, NY 14870
Phone
(607) 936-6514
County
Steuben County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
378
Teachers (FTE)
30
Student–teacher ratio
12.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
128 (34%)
Locale
31-Town: Fringe
NCES ID
360840000630
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.6:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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