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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361455001204

HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

173 CANADA ST, HOLLAND, NY 14080 · (716) 537-8255 · Erie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL303 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
303
Elementary
DISTRICT 246 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
107 students
DISTRICT 32% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K4013%
Kindergarten5518%
Grade 15719%
Grade 25117%
Grade 34415%
Grade 45618%

This year's kindergarten class (55) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (56).

Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
28694%
DISTRICT 95% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
62%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
83%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
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
Male
15651%
Female
14749%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→HOLLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL→HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 7 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2547.0%41.0%
2023-2446.0%48.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school30335.3%46.1%
D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAVILION
29534.6%37.9%
BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BEMUS POINT
30036.0%57.9%
MADRID-WADDINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MADRID
30333.0%44.3%
BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILTON
31137.9%45.7%
SAUQUOIT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAUQUOIT
32734.6%53.6%
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 HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Erie County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.1%#1,335 of 2,335#53 of 115
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
41.0%#1,816 of 2,342
▼ 414
#72 of 115
▼ 17
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#1,467 of 2,343
▼ 416
#58 of 115
▼ 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
303#1,977 of 2,585#102 of 123
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.3:1#544 of 2,338#32 of 119
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
10.8%#2,284 of 2,388#111 of 119
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
35.3%#1,830 of 2,534#76 of 122
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-37.8%#144 of 1,757#2 of 68
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 2024-25
Enrollment
303
+2 (+1%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 458
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 9.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2530329.410.3:135% (107)
2023-2428327.410.3:133% (93)
2022-23296348.7:130% (90)
2020-21301319.7:136% (108)
2017-1848738.512.7:132% (158)
2015-164733712.8:134% (162)
2010-113643410.7:121% (75)
2000-014883414.3:121% (101)
1990-914583015.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in HOLLAND, New York. Enrollment totals 303 students across pre-K through 4. That puts enrollment 32% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.

HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 3 schools with 737 students.

A large majority of enrollment at HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 94%. The school is also 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is lower, at 74%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 11%.

For every teacher at HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 10.3 students; the school has 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. There are 107 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 35% of enrollment. The average for public schools in Erie County is 51%.

HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of New York public elementary schools.

Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 15.9 points below predicted: 46.1% against 62.0%.

In the wider Erie County area, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Erie County with 225 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9.

Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.

Enrollment has been fairly stable: 301 in 2020-21 and 303 in 2024-25.

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Erie County at a glance

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Population
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students

Quick facts

School name
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
173 CANADA ST, HOLLAND, NY 14080
Phone
(716) 537-8255
County
Erie County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–04
Total enrollment
303
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
10.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
107 (35%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
361455001204
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 303 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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