Enrollment
301
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361536001292
IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
2111 GIRDLE RD, ELMA, NY 14059 · (716) 652-3000 · Erie County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
12.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
69 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 153 | 51% |
| Grade 5 | 146 | 49% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
66.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
61.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (61.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 301 | 22.9% | 61.7% |
| GARDNER-DICKINSON SCHOOL TROY | 306 | 21.6% | 58.1% |
| LAKE GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE GEORGE | 296 | 21.6% | 71.5% |
| DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 320 | 22.8% | 72.5% |
| ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINE ALDEN | 299 | 25.1% | N/A |
| LIMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIMA | 298 | 20.1% | 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 IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.7% | #682 of 2,335 | #24 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #777 of 2,342 ▼ 296 | #29 of 115 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #693 of 2,343 ▲ 347 | #22 of 115 ▲ 19 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #1,989 of 2,585 | #103 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,278 of 2,338 | #84 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.1% | #2,260 of 2,388 | #108 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #2,153 of 2,534 | #99 of 122 |
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
301
+158 (+110%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 568
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 8.4:1
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 | 301 | 25.1 | 12.0:1 | 23% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 210 | 18 | 11.7:1 | 15% (31) |
| 2022-23 | 200 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 17% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 143 | 17 | 8.4:1 | 16% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 156 | 8 | 19.5:1 | 22% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 184 | 9 | 20.4:1 | 15% (27) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 28 | 14.1:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 483 | 26 | 18.6:1 | 12% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 568 | 27 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a public low-enrollment elementary school in ELMA, New York. It teaches 301 students in grades 4 through 5. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 32% lower.
IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 2,073 students.
The share of White students at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 93%. Next come 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The county population is about 74% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL scores 12%.
Staffing at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL comes to 25.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL counts 23% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 28 points higher.
Among New York public elementary schools, IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL outscored 62%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 61.7%; the prediction is 66.6%.
The school's county is Erie County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $72,839, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Erie County's 226 public schools enroll about 122,519 students and include IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is 5th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21 count was 143 students and the 2024-25 count was 301. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 8.4:1 to 12.0:1.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 628 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 478 students
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
- WALES PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Other schools in ELMA
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 628 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 478 students
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
Nearby schools
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 478
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 628
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 260
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 221
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,274
- ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINE4.1 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 301 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL public or private?
IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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