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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363132004192

HARTS HILL SCHOOL

8551 CLARK MILLS RD, WHITESBORO, NY 13492 · (315) 266-3432 · Oneida County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL321 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of New York public elementary schools
  • A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats 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
321
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
49 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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
Kindergarten5317%
Grade 15617%
Grade 25216%
Grade 35918%
Grade 45016%
Grade 55116%

This year's kindergarten class (53) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (51).

Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
30194%
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
72%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
93%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
17053%
Female
15147%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
HARTS HILL SCHOOL→PARKWAY MIDDLE SCHOOL→WHITESBORO MIDDLE SCHOOL→WHITESBORO HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WHITESBORO 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
65.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
86.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 up about 3 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2565.0%86.0%
2023-2458.0%83.0%
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 HARTS HILL SCHOOL

HARTS HILL SCHOOL's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HARTS HILL SCHOOL this school32115.3%71.3%
EDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDEN
28213.8%54.5%
G L PRIESS PRIMARY SCHOOL
EDEN
34811.2%N/A
LIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIMA
29820.1%N/A
E A MCALLISTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHERRILL
28716.7%63.5%
SOUTH DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ORCHARD PARK
37712.7%62.8%
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 HARTS HILL SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Oneida County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
71.3%#356 of 2,335#2 of 37
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
86.0%#222 of 2,342
▲ 17
#1 of 37
no change
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#744 of 2,343
▼ 156
#4 of 37
▼ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
321#1,865 of 2,585#28 of 40
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.9:1#797 of 2,338#7 of 39
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
11.9%#2,263 of 2,388#32 of 39
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
15.3%#2,340 of 2,534#39 of 40
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-12.5%#993 of 1,757#15 of 25
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
321
-28 (-8%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 360
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2532129.410.9:115% (49)
2023-2433628.112.0:120% (66)
2022-2334227.412.5:118% (60)
2020-213492712.9:120% (71)
2017-1836726.513.8:119% (70)
2015-163672713.6:118% (65)
2010-113572912.3:112% (44)
2000-014233113.7:19% (38)
1990-913602613.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARTS HILL SCHOOL.

About HARTS HILL SCHOOL

HARTS HILL SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in WHITESBORO, New York. It enrolled 321 students in kindergarten through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.

WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs HARTS HILL SCHOOL, has 7 schools and 2,898 students.

White students make up 94% of enrollment at HARTS HILL SCHOOL. Other students are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is higher than the 80% White share among all Oneida County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 12% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school has about 10.9 students per teacher and 29.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.9 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 15%. That is lower than the 47% average for public schools in Oneida County.

Measured against New York public elementary schools, HARTS HILL SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On BeatsExpectations, HARTS HILL SCHOOL is 1.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.

Among Oneida County residents, the median household income is $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. HARTS HILL SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in the county.

The closest public school, ONEIDA-HERKIMER-MADISON BOCES, is about 1.0 miles from HARTS HILL SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 53.8%; HARTS HILL SCHOOL's is 71.3%, ranking 1st of 7.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

2024-25 enrollment was 321, an 8% decrease from 349 in 2020-21. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.9:1 in 2020-21, and 10.9:1 in 2024-25.

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Oneida County at a glance

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Population
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students

Quick facts

School name
HARTS HILL SCHOOL
District
WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
8551 CLARK MILLS RD, WHITESBORO, NY 13492
Phone
(315) 266-3432
County
Oneida County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
321
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
10.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
49 (15%)
Locale
22-Suburb: Mid-size
NCES ID
363132004192
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HARTS HILL SCHOOL
How many students attend HARTS HILL SCHOOL?
HARTS HILL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 321 students in grades KG-05.
Is HARTS HILL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HARTS HILL SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does HARTS HILL SCHOOL have?
HARTS HILL SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at HARTS HILL SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARTS HILL SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HARTS HILL SCHOOL in?
HARTS HILL SCHOOL is part of WHITESBORO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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