Enrollment
174
Elementary
DISTRICT 166 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361506001258
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7794 MAIN ST, HUNTER, NY 12442 · (518) 263-4256 · Greene County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL174 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
88 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 21 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 20 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 21 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 1 | 1% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · 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
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 174 | 50.6% | 43.5% |
| HUGH W GREGG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 214 | 51.9% | 65.5% |
| GREENE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GREENE | 187 | 48.7% | 45.5% |
| DALTON-NUNDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NUNDA | 190 | 49.5% | 31.7% |
| THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL THERESA | 163 | 43.6% | 55.3% |
| KERHONKSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KERHONKSON | 215 | 46.0% | 57.8% |
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 HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #1,457 of 2,335 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,733 of 2,342 ▼ 579 | #6 of 6 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,749 of 2,343 ▼ 692 | #5 of 6 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 174 | #2,453 of 2,585 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #1,388 of 2,534 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #403 of 1,757 | #1 of 6 |
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
174
-26 (-13%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 220
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 8.0:1
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 | 174 | 25.9 | 6.7:1 | 51% (88) |
| 2023-24 | 168 | 21.9 | 7.7:1 | 40% (67) |
| 2022-23 | 186 | 24.9 | 7.5:1 | 45% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 200 | 25 | 8.0:1 | 54% (108) |
| 2017-18 | 235 | 22 | 10.7:1 | 59% (139) |
| 2015-16 | 199 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 59% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 197 | 24 | 8.2:1 | 46% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 263 | 21 | 12.5:1 | 39% (103) |
| 1990-91 | 220 | 20 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in HUNTER, New York. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 174 students. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 61% smaller than average.
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is run by HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, whose 2 schools enroll 331 students.
The large majority of students at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 80%, are White. Next come 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 34%.
Staffing totals 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 6.7:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 51%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 56.4%. It scores 43.5%, 12.9 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Greene County, median household income is about $77,945, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 16 public schools in Greene County.
The closest other public school is HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL, about 3.9 miles away. There are 3 other public schools within ten miles. HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 43.5% compares with 57.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Federal counts put enrollment at 200 in 2020-21 and 174 in 2024-25, a 13% decrease. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.0:1 to 6.7:1.
Community posts for HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,409
Census ACS
Median income
$77,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,042 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 157 students
Other Hunter Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Hunter Elementary. HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 8th largest of the 8.
- Hunter ElementaryRaleigh, NC · 658 students
- Hunter ElementaryGreensboro, NC · 505 students
- Hunter ElementaryElizabethton, TN · 498 students
- HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMERIDIAN, ID · 460 students
- Hunter Elementary SchoolBROWNSTOWN TWP, MI · 418 students
Nearby schools
- HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 157
- WINDHAM ASHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL7.0 mi · 282
- PHOENICIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.0 mi · 114
- CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL11.9 mi · 272
- CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL11.9 mi · 333
- MORSE SCHOOL12.4 mi · 307
Frequently asked questions
About HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 174 students in grades PK-08.
Is HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 6.7:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 80% White, 9% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
HUNTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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