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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361848001663
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2 LEARNERS LNDG, MARCELLUS, NY 13108 · (315) 673-6100 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
14.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
98 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 54 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% 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 K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 471 | 20.8% | 75.8% |
| CASTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASTLETON | 443 | 22.3% | 60.8% |
| PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCOTIA | 470 | 20.6% | 64.3% |
| FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON LAKE | 468 | 19.0% | 75.0% |
| QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HILTON | 459 | 20.7% | 54.1% |
| L PEARL PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 467 | 17.1% | 62.8% |
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 K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #244 of 2,335 | #4 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #384 of 2,342 ▼ 190 | #4 of 61 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #407 of 2,343 ▼ 31 | #5 of 61 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #958 of 2,585 | #21 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,906 of 2,338 | #47 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.2% | #2,196 of 2,388 | #64 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.8% | #2,215 of 2,534 | #64 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #208 of 606 | #7 of 17 |
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
471
+98 (+26%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 694
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 471 | 33.3 | 14.2:1 | 21% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 34.1 | 13.4:1 | 16% (71) |
| 2022-23 | 420 | 33.1 | 12.7:1 | 17% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 373 | 33 | 11.3:1 | 20% (76) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 39.8 | 10.4:1 | 25% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 433 | 33 | 13.1:1 | 20% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 531 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 38 | 17.6:1 | 7% (44) |
| 1990-91 | 694 | 33 | 21.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in MARCELLUS, New York, administered by MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Students in pre-K through 3 make up the school's enrollment of 471 students.
MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,407 students in 3 schools, including K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A large majority of enrollment at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 92%. The school is also 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 75%. The diversity index for K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 15%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 14.2 students; the school has 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 21%. Across public schools in Onondaga County, the average is 49%.
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of New York public elementary schools.
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (75.8% versus 67.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In the wider Onondaga County area, median household income comes to about $76,945, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Onondaga County counts 123 public schools with about 67,044 students.
C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 73.9%; K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 75.8%, ranking 4th of 8.
The federal government classifies K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school grew from 373 students in 2020-21 to 471 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.3:1 to 14.2:1.
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Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 501 students
- MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 435 students
Other schools in MARCELLUS
- C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 501 students
- MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 435 students
Nearby schools
- C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 501
- MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 435
- CAMILLUS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 693
- EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 336
- WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.7 mi · 281
- SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL4.7 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-03.
Is K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many students per teacher at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.2:1 students per teacher at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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