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Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360840000632
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
289 STATE ST, CORNING, NY 14830 · (607) 962-2454 · Steuben County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public elementary schools
- A-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
12.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
161 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CORNING CITY 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 68.0% |
% 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
64.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 399 | 40.4% | 64.9% |
| ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL SELKIRK | 389 | 39.1% | 42.4% |
| JOHN E JOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 366 | 41.5% | 31.3% |
| PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 409 | 37.7% | N/A |
| WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 422 | 41.2% | 31.8% |
| CHENANGO BRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 357 | 40.6% | 46.0% |
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 FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Steuben County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #563 of 2,335 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #773 of 2,342 ▼ 149 | #2 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #799 of 2,343 ▼ 307 | #2 of 14 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #1,366 of 2,585 | #8 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,315 of 2,338 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.7% | #1,843 of 2,388 | #4 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.4% | #1,685 of 2,534 | #14 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #735 of 1,757 | #4 of 13 |
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
399
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 399 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 40% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 393 | 31.1 | 12.6:1 | 35% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 31.8 | 12.8:1 | 39% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 32 | 13.0:1 | 38% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 39% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 461 | 33 | 14.0:1 | 36% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 37 | 14.0:1 | 34% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 30% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in CORNING, New York. The latest federal count shows 399 students in kindergarten through 5.
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 9 schools serve 4,354 students.
Federal enrollment data show FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 82% White. Enrollment also includes 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 2% Black. The school's White share is 10 points below the 92% share among Steuben County residents. FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 32%, against a US figure of 70%.
At FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 33 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.1:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Roughly 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 11 points below the 51% average for public schools in Steuben County.
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 74% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 60.1%. FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 64.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Steuben County show that the median household income is $65,887, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 34 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: CORNING-PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 64.9% compares with 53.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Fringe.
2024-25 enrollment was 399, a 4% decrease from 416 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Steuben County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,588
Census ACS
Median income
$65,887
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CORNING-PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,524 students
- CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 925 students
- WILLIAM E SEVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 404 students
- ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 378 students
- CALVIN U SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 262 students
- WINFIELD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other schools in CORNING
- CORNING-PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,524 students
- WILLIAM E SEVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 404 students
- WINFIELD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- HUGH W GREGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 214 students
- CORNING PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING CENTERHigh · 24 students
Nearby schools
- CORNING-PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,524
- WILLIAM E SEVERN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 404
- HUGH W GREGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 214
- CORNING PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING CENTER1.4 mi · 24
- WINFIELD STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 224
- CALVIN U SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades KG-05.
Is FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.