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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 347 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360647000427
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
99 STATE ST, CANTON, NY 13617 · (315) 386-8561 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% 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
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
126 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (70).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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 CANTON 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
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
59.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 408 | 30.9% | 59.8% |
| MAYFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYFIELD | 430 | 32.6% | 51.0% |
| MINETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINETTO | 409 | 33.5% | 46.3% |
| MILLER HILL SCHOOL AVERILL PARK | 377 | 29.7% | 55.5% |
| HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOMER | 430 | 31.4% | N/A |
| TULLY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TULLY | 370 | 31.1% | 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 F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.8% | #758 of 2,335 | #3 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #804 of 2,342 ▼ 328 | #2 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,376 of 2,343 ▼ 502 | #5 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #1,313 of 2,585 | #7 of 14 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,102 of 2,338 | #12 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #2,213 of 2,388 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #1,952 of 2,534 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #494 of 1,757 | #2 of 12 |
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
408
-52 (-11%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 408 | 26.3 | 15.5:1 | 31% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 408 | 26.2 | 15.6:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 27.1 | 16.0:1 | 43% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 43% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 533 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 47% (250) |
| 2015-16 | 505 | 29 | 17.4:1 | 50% (251) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 37 | 11.8:1 | 42% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 42% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 588 | 38 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in CANTON, New York, F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 408 students in pre-K through 4.
CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 2 other schools, with 1,041 students in total.
White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial. Among St. Lawrence County residents, the White share is about 92%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 14%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. The school has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. In all, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 45% average among public schools in St. Lawrence County.
F S BANFORD 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 60% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -3.9 points: 59.8% actual, 63.6% predicted.
In the surrounding county, St. Lawrence County, median household income comes to about $62,850, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 40, with about 13,653 students.
The closest school to F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On proficiency, F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 67.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 408, from 460 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 332 students
- J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 301 students
- ST LAWRENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITYElementary
Other schools in CANTON
- H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 332 students
- J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 301 students
- SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCESCombined · 225 students
- ST LAWRENCE CORRECTIONAL FACILITYElementary
Nearby schools
- H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 332
- J M MCKENNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 301
- SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES1.0 mi · 225
- POTSDAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 373
- LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.7 mi · 526
- A A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL10.7 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.5:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CANTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.