Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360846000647
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
33 WHEELER AVE, CORTLAND, NY 13045 · (607) 758-4180 · Cortland County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
179 students
DISTRICT 59% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 164 | 56% |
| Grade 4 | 127 | 44% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
26.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 291 | 61.5% | 29.6% |
| HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SOUTH GLENS FALLS | 294 | 61.9% | 33.8% |
| WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITEHALL | 332 | 62.0% | 21.0% |
| DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELEVAN | 337 | 61.4% | 43.6% |
| SPENCER-VAN ETTEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VAN ETTEN | 333 | 61.9% | 36.9% |
| MIDDLEBURGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIDDLEBURGH | 330 | 59.4% | 40.1% |
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 FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cortland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #2,024 of 2,335 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,915 of 2,342 ▼ 32 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #2,190 of 2,343 ▼ 19 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #2,046 of 2,585 | #5 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,042 of 2,338 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.3% | #2,123 of 2,388 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #1,128 of 2,534 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.9% | #180 of 606 | N/A |
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
291
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 291 | 25.4 | 11.5:1 | 62% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 25.5 | 10.7:1 | 61% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 271 | 27 | 10.0:1 | 65% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 28 | 10.3:1 | 78% (225) |
| 2017-18 | 251 | 21 | 11.9:1 | 57% (143) |
| 2015-16 | 274 | 23 | 11.9:1 | 58% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 277 | 24 | 11.5:1 | 51% (140) |
| 2000-01 | 323 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 36% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in CORTLAND, New York. It offers grades 3 through 4 and has 291 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 34% lower.
CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 5 schools and 1,836 students, FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL among them.
A large majority of enrollment at FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is White, at 90%. The school is also 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, and 2% Black. Among Cortland County residents, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 25.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.5:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 62%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Cortland County, the school's rate is higher.
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 29.6%, is 22.7 points below the 52.4% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cortland County show that the median household earns about $70,418 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 17, with about 5,381 students.
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL as Town: Distant.
The school's size has been steady, with 288 students in 2020-21 and 291 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 10.3 to 11.5 over 4 years.
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Cortland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,246
Census ACS
Median income
$70,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 582 students
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 274 students
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 272 students
Other schools in CORTLAND
- CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 582 students
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 417 students
- CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 274 students
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 272 students
Nearby schools
- HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 558
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 272
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 417
- HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 430
- CORTLAND HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 582
- CORTLAND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 274
Frequently asked questions
About FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLHow large is FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 291 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
At FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is overseen by CORTLAND CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cortland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.