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Does LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOWVILLE ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361782001602
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7668 N STATE ST, LOWVILLE, NY 13367 · (315) 376-9005 · Lewis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools
- B-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.
- ·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
11.2:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
296 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 64 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 LOWVILLE ACADEMY & 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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 628 | 47.1% | 48.3% |
| SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SHERBURNE | 589 | 48.4% | 39.1% |
| WOLCOTT STREET SCHOOL LE ROY | 579 | 47.3% | 54.4% |
| A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WINDSOR | 542 | 48.2% | 63.9% |
| MECHANICVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MECHANICVILLE | 598 | 52.3% | 41.3% |
| CHENANGO FORKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BINGHAMTON | 605 | 41.5% | 47.4% |
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 LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,228 of 2,335 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,334 of 2,342 ▼ 215 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,557 of 2,343 ▼ 424 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #396 of 2,585 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #954 of 2,338 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 18.0% | #2,143 of 2,388 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,489 of 2,534 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #1,612 of 1,757 |
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
628
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 628 | 55.9 | 11.2:1 | 47% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 632 | 54.8 | 11.5:1 | 49% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 618 | 56.5 | 10.9:1 | 50% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 57 | 10.4:1 | 44% (259) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 53 | 12.2:1 | 44% (283) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 45% (295) |
| 2010-11 | 725 | 59 | 12.3:1 | 36% (263) |
| 2000-01 | 644 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 36% (229) |
| 1990-91 | 839 | 49 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in LOWVILLE, New York, attend LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 628 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 42% higher.
Across its 3 schools, LOWVILLE ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,276 students. LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The share of White students at LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 90%. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Lewis County overall, the White share is about 94%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 18%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 11.2:1. The school has 55.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 1.6 students per teacher. In all, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Lewis County is similar, at 45%.
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of New York public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -9.3 points: 48.3% actual, 57.7% predicted.
Lewis County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $68,182, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Lewis County's 13 public schools enroll about 4,082 students and include LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Local comparison: LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 48.3% versus a 64.4% average.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 33 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,607
Census ACS
Median income
$68,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOWVILLE ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 385 students
- LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 263 students
Other schools in LOWVILLE
- LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 385 students
- LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 263 students
Nearby schools
- LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 385
- LOWVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 263
- BEAVER RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 413
- BEAVER RIVER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 254
- BEAVER RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL6.8 mi · 196
- COPENHAGEN CENTRAL SCHOOL11.6 mi · 473
Frequently asked questions
About LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 628 students in grades PK-05.
Is LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 3% Hispanic, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LOWVILLE ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Lewis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.