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EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL

8442 S MAIN ST, EVANS MILLS, NY 13637 · (315) 629-4331 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
179 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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
Kindergarten8827%
Grade 19830%
Grade 26219%
Grade 38225%
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
17653%
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
7523%
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
3410%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
52%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
268%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
134%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
15647%
Female
17453%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2548.0%65.0%
2023-2431.0%56.0%
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 50% 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 EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL

EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL this school33054.2%50.0%
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL
HYDE PARK
33253.3%35.6%
E R CROSBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE KATRINE
31152.4%50.7%
HOLMES ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROCHESTER
33054.2%N/A
NETHERWOOD SCHOOL
HYDE PARK
30151.8%47.4%
PS 18
TROY
31349.2%50.1%
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 EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Jefferson County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
50.0%#1,168 of 2,335#6 of 20
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#888 of 2,342
▲ 184
#3 of 20
▲ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
48.0%#1,427 of 2,343
▲ 291
#7 of 20
▲ 7
Enrollment
ranked largest first
330#1,805 of 2,585#11 of 21
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.2:1#501 of 2,338#3 of 16
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
64.5%#490 of 2,388#1 of 16
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
54.2%#1,291 of 2,534#9 of 21
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-16.2%#795 of 1,757#6 of 17
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
330
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-65% since 1990-91, when it was 945
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2533032.410.2:154% (179)
2023-2432832.210.2:163% (208)
2022-2337531.511.9:160% (226)
2020-213272911.3:147% (154)
2017-183943013.1:155% (218)
2015-164153113.4:155% (227)
2010-115083514.5:169% (351)
2000-015404113.2:153% (286)
1990-919455417.5:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL.

About EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL

EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school with an address in EVANS MILLS, New York. The school counted 330 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 3. That puts enrollment 26% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.

INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 8 schools and 3,326 students, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL among them.

The student body at EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL is 53% White. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Pacific Islander. Among all residents of Jefferson County, the White share is about 83%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.

EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 10.2 students per teacher, from 32.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 10.2:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Lunch program data show 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

Among New York public elementary schools, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL outscored 49%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

A school with EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 55.0%. EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL scores 50.0%, 5.0 points below that line.

In Jefferson County, median household income comes to about $66,301, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 39, with about 16,789 students.

CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, about 4.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number 2. On average proficiency, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL is 5th of 9 nearby schools with test data.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

Compared with 2020-21, when it had 327 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 330. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.2:1) than in 2020-21 (11.3:1).

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Jefferson County at a glance

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Population
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students

Quick facts

School name
EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL
District
INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
8442 S MAIN ST, EVANS MILLS, NY 13637
Phone
(315) 629-4331
County
Jefferson County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–03
Total enrollment
330
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
10.2:1
Free and reduced lunch
179 (54%)
Locale
23-Suburb: Small
NCES ID
361530001287
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL?
EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 330 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL?
At EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 53% White, 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL public or private?
EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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