Enrollment
211
Elementary
DISTRICT 198 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361125000890
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12 WATER ST, FORESTVILLE, NY 14062 · (716) 965-2742 · Chautauqua County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL211 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.
- C+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
8.2:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
87 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 21% smaller than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within FORESTVILLE CENTRAL 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
52.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 211 | 41.2% | 52.3% |
| PANAMA K-6 SCHOOL PANAMA | 213 | 39.9% | 62.4% |
| PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENNEDY | 232 | 43.1% | N/A |
| GORHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GORHAM | 213 | 43.7% | 44.5% |
| SENECA STREET SCHOOL ONEIDA | 237 | 42.2% | 43.8% |
| RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RICHFIELD SPRINGS | 231 | 42.4% | 45.5% |
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 FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.3% | #1,077 of 2,335 | #5 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,408 of 2,342 ▼ 507 | #11 of 21 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,264 of 2,343 ▼ 386 | #7 of 21 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 211 | #2,359 of 2,585 | #21 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #77 of 2,338 | #2 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.8% | #2,083 of 2,388 | #12 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #1,659 of 2,534 | #21 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.3% | #1,262 of 1,757 | #13 of 20 |
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
211
-12 (-5%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 211 | 25.7 | 8.2:1 | 41% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 221 | 26.6 | 8.3:1 | 31% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 236 | 25.7 | 9.2:1 | 46% (108) |
| 2020-21 | 223 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 44% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 230 | 21 | 10.9:1 | 57% (130) |
| 2015-16 | 259 | 21 | 12.3:1 | 51% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 22 | 11.8:1 | 45% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 282 | 21 | 13.4:1 | 39% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a small elementary school, FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in FORESTVILLE, New York. It covers pre-K through 6, with a total enrollment of 211 students. Enrollment is 52% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports to FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools and 396 students.
White students are the large majority at FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups include 7% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 86% White, within a few points of the school. The chance that two students picked at random at FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
The school has about 8.2 students per teacher and 25.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 57% average among public schools in Chautauqua County.
The allk12 Grade for FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 49% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 59.8%. FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 52.3%, 7.6 points below that line.
Chautauqua County has about 125,544 residents, and median household income is about $58,351, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. A total of 51 public schools operate in Chautauqua County, serving about 17,056 students.
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 52.3% is below the 57.7% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 211 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 223. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (8.2:1) than in 2020-21 (10.1:1).
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 185 students
Other Forestville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Forestville Elementary. FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Forestville ElementaryGreat Falls, VA · 571 students
- Forestville ElementaryForestville, CA · 72 students
Nearby schools
- FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 185
- SILVER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 428
- SILVER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 200
- SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL4.7 mi · 284
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL6.7 mi · 461
- FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL6.7 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 211 students in grades PK-06.
Is FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 8.2:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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