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Enrollment
650
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362082002930
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1625 LOCKPORT ST, NIAGARA FALLS, NY 14305 · (716) 278-7960 · Niagara County
GRADES 02–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL650 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
541 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 15 | 2% |
| Grade 3 | 148 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 137 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 182 | 28% |
| Grade 6 | 168 | 26% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
31.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (24.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 650 | 83.2% | 24.8% |
| WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 650 | 78.9% | 24.6% |
| FRAZER K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 774 | 86.3% | 16.6% |
| ROBERTS K-8 SCHOOL SYRACUSE | 641 | 78.9% | 16.6% |
| HYDE PARK SCHOOL NIAGARA FALLS | 476 | 82.6% | 26.2% |
| BENNETT PARK MONTESSORI SCHOOL BUFFALO | 612 | 75.5% | 17.1% |
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 HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #2,156 of 2,335 | #21 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,158 of 2,342 ▲ 47 | #21 of 23 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,102 of 2,343 ▲ 69 | #20 of 23 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 650 | #358 of 2,585 | #1 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.7:1 | #2,217 of 2,338 | #26 of 27 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #157 of 2,388 | #2 of 27 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.2% | #670 of 2,534 | #1 of 27 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.0% | #1,604 of 1,757 | #17 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
650
+36 (+6%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 936
Student : Teacher
16.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 650 | 38.9 | 16.7:1 | 83% (541) |
| 2023-24 | 702 | 42.2 | 16.6:1 | 81% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 44.5 | 15.6:1 | 82% (569) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 36 | 17.1:1 | 86% (528) |
| 2017-18 | 670 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 78% (525) |
| 2015-16 | 632 | 35 | 18.1:1 | 86% (545) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 84% (554) |
| 2000-01 | 934 | 64 | 14.6:1 | 81% (753) |
| 1990-91 | 936 | 55 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in NIAGARA FALLS. Its grade span covers grades 2 through 6, with 650 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 6,625 students across 11 schools.
Black students account for 44% of enrollment at HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, more than any other group. Other groups make up 24% White, 15% multiracial, 10% Hispanic, and 5% Asian. County-wide, 7% of Niagara County residents are Black. The diversity index for HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 71%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 38.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 16.7:1. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Income data for the school show 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 49% average for public schools in Niagara County is 34 points lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 7%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -19.6 points, in the bottom 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 24.8%, and the predicted rate is 44.4%.
For Niagara County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $69,633 a year, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Niagara County has 51 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL is about 1.0 miles from HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had a net gain of 36 students, or 6%.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,034 students
- LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOLMiddle · 539 students
- CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- HYDE PARK SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Other schools in NIAGARA FALLS
- NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,034 students
- LASALLE PREPARATORY SCHOOLMiddle · 539 students
- CATARACT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- HYDE PARK SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Nearby schools
- HENRY J KALFAS MAGNET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 304
- HYDE PARK SCHOOL1.1 mi · 476
- GASKILL PREPARATORY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 447
- BLONEVA BOND PRIMARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 476
- MAPLE AVENUE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 388
- NIAGARA FALLS HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 2,034
Frequently asked questions
About HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 650 students in grades 02-06.
What grades does HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 02-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 24% White, 10% Hispanic, 44% Black, 5% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HARRY F ABATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NIAGARA FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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