Enrollment
363
Elementary
DISTRICT 382 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361767001584
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6385 LOCUST ST EXT, LOCKPORT, NY 14094 · (716) 478-4772 · Niagara County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% 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
10.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
183 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 63 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 28% smaller than its 4th grade class (87).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within LOCKPORT 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% 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 GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 363 | 50.4% | 49.0% |
| HERMAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURN | 399 | 51.4% | 38.8% |
| WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CARTHAGE | 390 | 48.7% | 31.0% |
| CHARLES E RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSWEGO | 390 | 50.5% | 37.2% |
| NORMAN R KELLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NEWARK | 363 | 55.4% | 29.1% |
| NORTH HORNELL SCHOOL HORNELL | 331 | 53.5% | N/A |
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 GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,202 of 2,335 | #8 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,292 of 2,342 ▼ 468 | #11 of 23 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,665 of 2,343 ▼ 172 | #12 of 23 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,596 of 2,585 | #20 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #610 of 2,338 | #3 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #1,330 of 2,388 | #12 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #1,394 of 2,534 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #780 of 1,757 | #6 of 22 |
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
363
-27 (-7%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 363 | 34.7 | 10.5:1 | 50% (183) |
| 2023-24 | 356 | 31.2 | 11.4:1 | 56% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 30.8 | 12.3:1 | 54% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 55% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 435 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 48% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 34 | 14.2:1 | 52% (252) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 49% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 652 | 34 | 19.2:1 | 20% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 32 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in LOCKPORT, New York, is GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 363 students.
The district, LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 7 schools serving 4,064 students.
White students make up a majority at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 70%. The remaining shares are 12% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Niagara County's population at about 83%. Pick two students at random and there is a 48% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 34.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.5:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school counts 183 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 50%. For comparison, public schools in Niagara County average 49%.
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 46% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 56.5% at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 49.0%.
In Niagara County (population about 210,721), the median household income is $69,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. There are 51 public schools in Niagara County, enrolling about 26,388 students in all.
The closest other public school is CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within five miles. GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 49.0% compares with 49.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
For locale, NCES codes GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Fringe.
Enrollment declined 7% from its 2020-21 level of 390. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.6:1 to 10.5:1.
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Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 571 students
- CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 448 students
- ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 326 students
Other schools in LOCKPORT
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,377 students
- STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 929 students
- STARPOINT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 726 students
- REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 631 students
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES A UPSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 448
- LOCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,377
- EMMET BELKNAP INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 571
- ROY KELLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 392
- ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 326
- AARON MOSSELL JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 587
Frequently asked questions
About GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 363 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LOCKPORT CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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