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HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 11% larger than its 5th grade class (75).
School pathway
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 48.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
Schools most like HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 504 | 26.0% | 49.0% |
| MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 513 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| INDIAN LANDING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 545 | 27.5% | 64.3% |
| COBBLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PENFIELD | 542 | 24.9% | 66.2% |
| DEWITT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 507 | 28.8% | 53.5% |
| CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 494 | 24.9% | 57.4% |
Where HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,199 of 2,335 | #25 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,321 of 2,342 ▲ 56 | #29 of 61 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,256 of 2,343 ▼ 457 | #24 of 61 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 504 | #806 of 2,585 | #17 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,098 of 2,338 | #54 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.0% | #1,809 of 2,388 | #49 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #2,070 of 2,534 | #56 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.2% | #493 of 606 | #13 of 17 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 504 | 32.5 | 15.5:1 | 26% (131) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 30.7 | 15.8:1 | 32% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 479 | 29.6 | 16.2:1 | 35% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 454 | 28 | 16.2:1 | 34% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 493 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 36% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 34% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 20% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 11% (57) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 34 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
About HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In BALDWINSVILLE, New York, part of Onondaga County, HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school had 504 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (8 schools, 5,400 students) runs HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Most students at HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 81% of enrollment. The remaining students are 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 6% Black. By the diversity index, HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 33%.
Staffing totals 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 26%. The average for public schools in Onondaga County is 49%.
HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 36% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 65.4% for HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 49.0%, 16.4 points below the prediction.
Onondaga County has these Census figures: median household income is about $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. The public schools of Onondaga County number 123 and enroll about 67,044.
The closest public school to HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 8th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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