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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360759000545

LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

5150 OLD GOODRICH RD, CLARENCE, NY 14031 · (716) 407-9275 · Erie County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 84% 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.
  • 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

Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
44 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7515%
Grade 17616%
Grade 27616%
Grade 39319%
Grade 47916%
Grade 58718%

This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (87).

Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
42888%
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
153%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
82%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
174%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
184%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
27256%
Female
21444%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL→CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 82 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 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2578.0%82.0%
2023-2474.0%80.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
77.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school4869.1%77.1%
HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NEW HARTFORD
48611.3%66.9%
MCKENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MASSAPEQUA PARK
4857.8%53.8%
SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAMSVILLE
52710.1%70.6%
PAUL J BELLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST ISLIP
46310.4%64.8%
BAYVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEST ISLIP
44010.9%46.6%
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 LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Erie County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
77.1%#214 of 2,335#4 of 115
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
82.0%#301 of 2,342
▼ 4
#4 of 115
▲ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
78.0%#301 of 2,343
▼ 114
#2 of 115
▲ 1
Enrollment
ranked largest first
486#895 of 2,585#56 of 123
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.5:1#1,467 of 2,338#92 of 119
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
22.1%#2,060 of 2,388#96 of 119
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
9.1%#2,448 of 2,534#121 of 122
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+0.4%#596 of 606#42 of 43
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 2024-25
Enrollment
486
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 14.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2548638.812.5:19% (44)
2023-2447736.813.0:19% (45)
2022-2347336.812.9:110% (49)
2020-214733214.8:18% (39)
2017-184843115.6:110% (48)
2015-164772817.0:18% (39)
2010-115583814.7:16% (33)
2000-016124015.3:15% (29)
1990-915712919.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in CLARENCE, New York, administered by CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 486 students in kindergarten through 5.

CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 6 schools. Together they enroll 4,081 students.

At LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 88% of students are White. It is also 4% multiracial, 4% Asian, and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 74% White. The diversity index for LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

The school lists 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. Among public schools in Erie County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.

LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of New York public elementary schools.

LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 77.1% is 5.5 points above the 71.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.

For the population of Erie County, median household income comes to about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Erie County's 226 public schools enroll about 122,519 students and include LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.1 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 3%, from 473 to 486. The number of students per teacher dropped from 14.8 to 12.5 over 4 years.

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Erie County at a glance

View full county profile
Population
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

School name
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
5150 OLD GOODRICH RD, CLARENCE, NY 14031
Phone
(716) 407-9275
County
Erie County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
486
Teachers (FTE)
39
Student–teacher ratio
12.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
44 (9%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
360759000545
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

Related schools

Other schools in CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Other schools in CLARENCE
Other Ledgeview Elementary schools

One other US public school is named Ledgeview Elementary. LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.

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Frequently asked questions

About LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 486 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 88% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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