JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary school in DEPEW, New York, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 401 students from grades K through 3, one of the schools within LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within LANCASTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 5,321 students, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 31% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.0%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Erie County) reports that median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Erie County's 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HILLVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JOHN A SCIOLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.8%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 6%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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