LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 98 WILLIAM ST, in LYONS, New York, LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized K-5 school that teaches 519 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by LYONS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by LYONS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 917 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 17% multiracial, 8% Black, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 64% of students at LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Wayne County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 51.4%; actual is 27.8%, a gap of -23.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wayne County put median household earnings sit near $74,506, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wayne County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,068 students), LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LYONS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 4%, going from 538 students in 2018 to 519 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 13% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for LYONS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.