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Enrollment
371
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362937003950
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2630 REMINGTON RD, UTICA, NY 13501 · (315) 368-6740 · Oneida County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL371 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
224 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 38 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 53 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 28% smaller than its 6th grade class (53).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp 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 44 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
39.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 371 | 60.4% | 39.8% |
| NEIL ARMSTRONG SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 400 | 60.3% | 37.0% |
| LAKESHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 387 | 59.2% | 29.3% |
| BUCKMAN HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 378 | 65.9% | 32.6% |
| HELENDALE ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 311 | 60.8% | N/A |
| HOLMES ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 330 | 54.2% | 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 HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oneida County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,634 of 2,335 | #21 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,709 of 2,342 ▼ 237 | #24 of 37 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,683 of 2,343 ▼ 141 | #20 of 37 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #1,540 of 2,585 | #19 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #557 of 2,338 | #5 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #129 of 2,388 | #9 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.4% | #1,154 of 2,534 | #12 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #561 of 1,757 | #7 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 2024-25Enrollment
371
-52 (-12%) vs 2020
+114% since 1990-91, when it was 173
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 371 | 35.9 | 10.3:1 | 60% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 383 | 38 | 10.1:1 | 61% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 34.8 | 11.7:1 | 55% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 423 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 62% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 29 | 16.3:1 | 64% (305) |
| 2015-16 | 440 | 21 | 20.9:1 | 64% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 459 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 48% (220) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 37% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 173 | 10 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school found in UTICA, New York. It enrolls 371 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 6.
UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 9,075 students, and its 13 schools include HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The biggest share of students at HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 43%, is White. The next largest groups are 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 9% multiracial, and 8% Asian. In Oneida County overall, about 80% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 72%.
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.3:1. The school's 10.3:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 60%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Oneida County.
On the allk12 Grade, HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 28% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 52.8% at HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 39.8%.
The county, Oneida County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $70,154 a year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Oneida County has 72 public schools.
NEW HARTFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Small).
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 12% drop, from 423 to 371.
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Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Other schools in UTICA
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Nearby schools
- NEW HARTFORD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 575
- ROBERT L BRADLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 471
- JOHN F HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 347
- HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 486
- PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 577
- NEW YORK MILLS SCHOOL1.6 mi · 521
Frequently asked questions
About HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 371 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 43% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
HUGH R JONES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.