FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in MALONE, New York, operated by MALONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 213 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 52% below typical.
Within MALONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,106 students, FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic.
On the resource side, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 58.1%; actual is 23.0%, a gap of -35.0 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Franklin County shows median household earnings sit near $65,151, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Franklin County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,724 students), of which FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is SAINT JOSEPH'S ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.
FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.
Looking at the recent track record. FLANDERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 254 (now 213). The White share of enrollment declined from 96% to 92% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.
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