Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 312 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363012004051
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL
739 KNICKERBOCKER DR, WATERTOWN, NY 13601 · (315) 785-3740 · Jefferson County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
231 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 | 62 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (64).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 WATERTOWN CITY 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL this school | 340 | 67.9% | 33.3% |
| ABRAHAM LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 377 | 67.9% | 47.9% |
| ANNA MERRITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 326 | 67.8% | 26.7% |
| MOUNT MORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MOUNT MORRIS | 295 | 65.4% | 31.0% |
| FAIRGRIEVE SCHOOL FULTON | 390 | 68.2% | 16.5% |
| CLYDE-SAVANNAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLYDE | 367 | 66.2% | 20.7% |
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 KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,909 of 2,335 | #15 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,831 of 2,342 ▲ 32 | #15 of 20 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,032 of 2,343 ▲ 85 | #15 of 20 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #1,735 of 2,585 | #9 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,439 of 2,338 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #1,256 of 2,388 | #8 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #1,009 of 2,534 | #4 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #1,322 of 1,757 | #13 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
340
0 (0%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 340 | 27.3 | 12.5:1 | 68% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 360 | 26.6 | 13.5:1 | 66% (238) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 27.9 | 13.1:1 | 71% (259) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 29 | 11.7:1 | 61% (207) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 56% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 387 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 59% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 43% (184) |
| 2000-01 | 301 | 20 | 15.1:1 | 46% (138) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 14 | 22.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL.
About KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in WATERTOWN, New York. It teaches 340 students in kindergarten through 4. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.
Within WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL is one of 8 schools. The district enrolls 3,940 students.
White students are 69% of those enrolled at KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 5% Black. That compares with about 83% White among all Jefferson County residents. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL are from different groups.
For every teacher at KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL, there are about 12.5 students; the school has 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 68%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Jefferson County is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 16% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL is -16.8 points: 33.3% actual, 50.0% predicted.
The school's county is Jefferson County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $66,301, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 39 public schools in the county, enrolling about 16,789, KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL among them.
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL ranks 4th of 8 nearby schools, at 33.3% versus a 37.6% average.
Federal data place KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL enrolled 340; in 2024-25, 340.
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Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,181 students
- HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- CASE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 586 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- OHIO STREET SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
Other schools in WATERTOWN
- WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,181 students
- HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- CASE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 586 students
- NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 435 students
- SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 323 students
- OHIO STREET SCHOOLElementary · 308 students
Nearby schools
- CASE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 586
- WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,181
- HAROLD T WILEY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 614
- SHERMAN SCHOOL0.6 mi · 323
- OHIO STREET SCHOOL1.3 mi · 308
- STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 153
Frequently asked questions
About KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOLHow large is KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL?
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-04.
Is KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL is approximately 12.5:1 (27 FTE teachers).
How diverse is KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL?
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL reports a student body of 69% White, 12% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL?
KNICKERBOCKER SCHOOL is overseen by WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Jefferson County.
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