Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361152000906
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
425 E MAIN ST, FREDONIA, NY 14063 · (716) 679-1581 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 01–04ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
221 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 98 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's 1st grade class (98) is 20% smaller than its 4th grade class (123).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 FREDONIA 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
44.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 432 | 51.2% | 44.1% |
| TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRAHAMSVILLE | 471 | 50.1% | 44.3% |
| CAHILL SCHOOL SAUGERTIES | 432 | 50.2% | 47.1% |
| SILVER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SILVER CREEK | 428 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| CHARLES E RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSWEGO | 390 | 50.5% | 37.2% |
| HERMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN | 399 | 51.4% | 38.8% |
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 FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.1% | #1,427 of 2,335 | #12 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,609 of 2,342 ▼ 308 | #14 of 21 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,793 of 2,343 ▼ 453 | #14 of 21 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #1,185 of 2,585 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #379 of 2,338 | #15 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #1,403 of 2,388 | #7 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #1,374 of 2,534 | #17 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #355 of 1,757 | #3 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
432
+57 (+15%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 432 | 44 | 9.8:1 | 51% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 42.4 | 9.8:1 | 42% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 42.5 | 9.4:1 | 49% (195) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 39 | 9.6:1 | 47% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 596 | 51 | 11.7:1 | 43% (256) |
| 2015-16 | 575 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 42% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 58 | 10.6:1 | 30% (183) |
| 2000-01 | 453 | 33 | 13.7:1 | 22% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 754 | 47 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in FREDONIA, New York, attend FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Total enrollment is 432 students, and the grades served are 1 through 4.
FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 4 schools. Together they enroll 1,484 students.
The student body at FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70% White. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 86%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 9.8 students per teacher, from 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 51% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 34% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 56.2%. FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 44.1%.
Looking at the county, Chautauqua County, median household income comes to about $58,351, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 17,056 students.
Measured in a straight line, FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 5 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Town: Distant, which covers schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 432, from 375 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 461 students
- FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 453 students
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 138 students
Other schools in FREDONIA
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 461 students
- FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 453 students
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 138 students
Other Fredonia Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Fredonia Elementary. FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Fredonia Elementary SchoolFredonia, AZ · 73 students
Nearby schools
- FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 453
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 461
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 138
- SCHOOL 32.3 mi · 157
- DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 882
- DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 432 students in grades 01-04.
What age range does FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 01 through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Chautauqua County.
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