Enrollment
221
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361536001295
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL
11683 BULLIS RD, MARILLA, NY 14102 · (716) 652-3000 · Erie County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL221 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
33 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 45 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 22% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL→IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL→IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within IROQUOIS 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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +25.0pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
69.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (69.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 221 | 14.9% | 69.5% |
| BLUE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BLUE POINT | 218 | 13.8% | 62.2% |
| ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL ELMA | 260 | 15.8% | 59.9% |
| STATE STREET INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL SKANEATELES | 266 | 14.3% | 65.3% |
| DEFOREST A HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL WESTMORELAND | 185 | 17.8% | N/A |
| ELSMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELMAR | 236 | 15.7% | 78.3% |
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 MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.5% | #421 of 2,335 | #14 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #152 of 2,342 ▲ 278 | #1 of 115 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #467 of 2,343 ▲ 532 | #11 of 115 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 221 | #2,319 of 2,585 | #116 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,945 of 2,338 | #114 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.2% | #2,360 of 2,388 | #119 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.9% | #2,345 of 2,534 | #110 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #1,725 of 1,757 | #66 of 68 |
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
221
0 (0%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 344
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 221 | 15.3 | 14.4:1 | 15% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 216 | 14 | 15.5:1 | 15% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 230 | 17.5 | 13.1:1 | 13% (30) |
| 2020-21 | 221 | 20 | 11.1:1 | 20% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 19 | 11.7:1 | 17% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 16 | 12.9:1 | 18% (37) |
| 2010-11 | 179 | 15 | 11.9:1 | 13% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 254 | 15 | 16.9:1 | 11% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 344 | 16 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL is located in MARILLA, New York. Enrolled students number 221 students, in pre-K through 3. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL and 5 other schools, with 2,073 students in total.
White students are the large majority at MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL, with 97% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put the White share of Erie County's population at about 74%. MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL, 15.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.4:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 36 points below the 51% average for public schools in Erie County.
allk12 grades MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 69.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.5%.
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL is located in Erie County, where median household income is about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 226 public schools in Erie County, with a combined enrollment of about 122,519.
The next-closest public school is IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 2.7 miles away. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 69.5% compares with 64.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES assigns MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 221, starting from 221. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.1:1 to 14.4:1 over the same years.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 628 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 478 students
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
- WALES PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Nearby schools
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 628
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 301
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 478
- ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINE3.5 mi · 299
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 260
- ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOLHow large is MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL?
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 221 students in grades PK-03.
What grades does MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-03.
How many teachers does MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL have?
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL?
At MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL?
MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL is overseen by IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.