Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361668001481
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
86 ALYS DR E, DEPEW, NY 14043 · (716) 686-3285 · Erie County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
- 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.
- ·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
11.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
124 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 111 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · 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
Based on grade levels within LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 71.0% |
% 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
67.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 401 | 30.9% | 67.0% |
| COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COOPERSTOWN | 381 | 29.1% | 63.5% |
| KAEGEBEIN SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 420 | 30.2% | 60.1% |
| OHIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH TONAWANDA | 367 | 31.1% | 49.3% |
| WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANBORN | 401 | 29.4% | 57.0% |
| F S BANFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANTON | 408 | 30.9% | 59.8% |
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 JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #491 of 2,335 | #17 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #673 of 2,342 ▼ 134 | #26 of 115 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #651 of 2,343 ▼ 104 | #20 of 115 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #1,350 of 2,585 | #84 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #966 of 2,338 | #68 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.9% | #1,983 of 2,388 | #88 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.9% | #1,949 of 2,534 | #84 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.3% | #1,391 of 1,757 | #50 of 68 |
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
401
0 (0%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 384
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 401 | 35.6 | 11.3:1 | 31% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 33.2 | 11.9:1 | 34% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 399 | 33.7 | 11.8:1 | 25% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 401 | 31 | 12.9:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 28% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 29 | 13.8:1 | 29% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 29 | 13.1:1 | 25% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 18% (80) |
| 1990-91 | 384 | 29 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school in DEPEW, New York. It reported 401 students in kindergarten through 3 in 2024-25.
LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 7 schools. Combined enrollment is 5,321 students.
Of every 100 students at JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 86 are White. It is also 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 74% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 26, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 11.3:1 is based on 35.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 31% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Erie County report 51%.
Among New York public elementary schools, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 75%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.4 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the surrounding county, Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Erie County has 226 public schools with about 122,519 students, including JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 67.0% compares with 61.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal data place JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 401 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 401. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.9:1).
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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 LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,682 students
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOLMiddle · 1,274 students
- LANCASTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 876 students
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 352 students
- COURT STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
Other schools in DEPEW
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 846 students
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 581 students
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 421 students
Nearby schools
- HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 451
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,682
- DEPEW HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 581
- DEPEW MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 421
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 568
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 846
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 401 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many students per teacher at JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 86% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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