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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 489 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361644005578
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
135 MARTIN RD, LACKAWANNA, NY 14218 · (716) 821-5610 · Erie County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.1:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
488 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 149 | 26% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 140 | 24% |
| Grade 5 | 135 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 LACKAWANNA 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
21.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (18.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 573 | 85.2% | 18.9% |
| BOULEVARD SCHOOL GLOVERSVILLE | 548 | 78.3% | 23.8% |
| MILTON J FLETCHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 509 | 77.6% | 17.9% |
| TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LACKAWANNA | 404 | 79.0% | N/A |
| LORRAINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 638 | 86.2% | 40.0% |
| GANSEVOORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 397 | 79.6% | 10.5% |
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 MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.9% | #2,253 of 2,335 | #93 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #2,252 of 2,342 ▼ 44 | #94 of 115 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #2,277 of 2,343 ▼ 18 | #97 of 115 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #559 of 2,585 | #31 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #473 of 2,338 | #25 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #830 of 2,388 | #43 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #607 of 2,534 | #39 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #1,317 of 1,757 | #48 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
573
-2 (0%) vs 2020
+3% since 2010-11, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 573 | 56.8 | 10.1:1 | 85% (488) |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 57.7 | 9.9:1 | 86% (493) |
| 2022-23 | 560 | 51.4 | 10.9:1 | 86% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 575 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 87% (498) |
| 2017-18 | 619 | 45.6 | 13.6:1 | 90% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 43 | 12.8:1 | 88% (488) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 47 | 11.8:1 | 84% (465) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in New York, located in LACKAWANNA. Enrollment is 573 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 2 through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 29% above average.
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 4 schools and 2,091 students.
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment is 62% White. The next largest groups are 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, and 5% Asian. In Erie County overall, about 74% of residents are White. MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 56.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 85%. Across public schools in Erie County, the average is 51%.
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 43.7% for MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 18.9%. The 24.8-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
Federal survey data for Erie County show that median household income is about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. A total of 226 public schools operate in Erie County, serving about 122,519 students.
The closest other public school is LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 575 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 573. Students per teacher fell from 12.2 in 2020-21 to 10.1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 670 students
- LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 444 students
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 404 students
Other schools in LACKAWANNA
- GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 878 students
- LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 670 students
- LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 444 students
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 404 students
Nearby schools
- LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 670
- LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 444
- GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHARTER SCHOOL0.8 mi · 878
- TRUMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 404
- BLASDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 498
- WESTERN NEW YORK MARITIME CHARTER SCHOOL1.6 mi · 392
Frequently asked questions
About MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 573 students in grades 02-05.
What grades does MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 02-05.
How many teachers does MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the student diversity at MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 62% White, 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MARTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LACKAWANNA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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