Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 295 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE)·NCES 361656001467
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
100 HIGH ST, ANGOLA, NY 14006 · (716) 926-2371 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
8.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
148 students
DISTRICT 44% · 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 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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 EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE). 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
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (28.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 295 | 50.2% | 28.5% |
| NETHERWOOD SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 301 | 51.8% | 47.4% |
| THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 247 | 52.6% | 43.7% |
| SHERMAN SCHOOL WATERTOWN | 323 | 55.7% | 44.9% |
| GEORGE SOUTHARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 363 | 50.4% | 49.0% |
| ANN G MCGUINNESS ELEMENTAR SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 312 | 52.9% | 53.5% |
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 T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.5% | #2,065 of 2,335 | #80 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,019 of 2,342 ▲ 64 | #79 of 115 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,123 of 2,343 ▼ 152 | #82 of 115 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #2,022 of 2,585 | #105 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #103 of 2,338 | #5 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.0% | #757 of 2,388 | #40 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #1,404 of 2,534 | #58 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #777 of 1,757 | #27 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
295
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 528
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 295 | 34.9 | 8.4:1 | 50% (148) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 35.3 | 8.9:1 | 65% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 313 | 35.3 | 8.9:1 | 65% (205) |
| 2020-21 | 325 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 67% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 64% (225) |
| 2015-16 | 372 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 48% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 294 | 17 | 17.3:1 | 49% (144) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 25% (142) |
| 1990-91 | 528 | 35 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ANGOLA, New York. The school serves 295 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
The district, EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE), has 2,010 students enrolled across 5 schools.
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 54% White. The next largest groups are 34% Native American, 7% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. In Erie County overall, about 74% of residents are White. JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 59%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 8.4:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 50% of students. Across public schools in Erie County, the average is about the same, 51%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In New York, JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.5% compared with a predicted 56.5%.
Federal survey data for Erie County show that median household income is about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 226 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 122,519 students.
Nearby, WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 4. The nearest schools with test data average 55.4%, higher than JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 28.5%.
NCES describes the area around JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Town: Fringe, meaning in a town close to an urbanized area.
The number of students dropped from 325 to 295 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 8.4 students per teacher, compared with 11.6 in 2020-21.
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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 EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE)
- LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 665 students
- WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 459 students
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 344 students
- A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Other schools in ANGOLA
- ERIE 2-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCESCombined · 675 students
- LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 665 students
- WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 459 students
- A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 247 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM G HOUSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 459
- LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 665
- ERIE 2-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCES0.7 mi · 675
- A J SCHMIDT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 247
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 344
- NORTH COLLINS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.5 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 295 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.4:1.
What is the student diversity at JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 54% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN T WAUGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE) in Erie County.
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