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Enrollment
719
Elementary
DISTRICT 717 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361446004592
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
433 N GREECE RD, HILTON, NY 14468 · (585) 392-1000 · Monroe County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL719 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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
10.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
141 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 18 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 115 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 21% smaller than its 6th grade class (115).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 719 | 19.6% | 49.7% |
| UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 663 | 23.7% | 37.8% |
| WINDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORCHARD PARK | 625 | 18.4% | 55.9% |
| WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 680 | 24.9% | 57.7% |
| REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 631 | 18.7% | 57.2% |
| SMALLWOOD DRIVE SCHOOL AMHERST | 708 | 16.7% | 72.7% |
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 NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #1,175 of 2,335 | #37 of 97 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,289 of 2,342 ▼ 211 | #41 of 97 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,187 of 2,343 ▼ 142 | #35 of 97 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 719 | #245 of 2,585 | #9 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #659 of 2,338 | #27 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #1,921 of 2,388 | #94 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #2,247 of 2,534 | #94 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #845 of 1,757 | #18 of 58 |
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
719
-52 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 856
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 719 | 67.6 | 10.6:1 | 20% (141) |
| 2023-24 | 735 | 66.6 | 11.0:1 | 24% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 738 | 64.5 | 11.4:1 | 20% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 771 | 66 | 11.7:1 | 21% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 848 | 60 | 14.1:1 | 19% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 857 | 59 | 14.5:1 | 17% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 856 | 68 | 12.6:1 | 17% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 779 | 56 | 13.9:1 | 10% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 856 | 50 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In HILTON, New York, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. The school enrolls 719 students in pre-K through 6. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 62% above that mark.
HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 5 schools and 4,123 students.
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 84% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Monroe County's population at about 70%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 28%.
The school lists 67.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 20% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Monroe County is 50%.
On the allk12 Grade, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 34% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 18.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 49.7%. Predicted: 67.8%.
For the population of Monroe County, median household income comes to about $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Monroe County's 186 public schools enroll about 106,108 students and include NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, PINE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 2.2 miles from NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 49.7% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 771 to 719, a 7% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.7:1 to 10.6:1.
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Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
753,753
Census ACS
Median income
$76,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
106,108 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,358 students
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 972 students
- MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 615 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Other schools in HILTON
- HILTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,358 students
- VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 972 students
- MERTON WILLIAMS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 615 students
- QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 459 students
Other Northwood Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 15 states are named Northwood Elementary. NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 25.
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWEST SENECA, NY · 437 students
- NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCRESTVIEW, FL · 814 students
- Northwood ElementaryEdgewood, WA · 732 students
- Northwood ElementaryBaltimore, MD · 641 students
- Northwood ElementaryMarysville, OH · 617 students
Nearby schools
- PINE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 429
- ATHENA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 810
- ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 1,070
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS2.7 mi · 500
- HILTON HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,358
- AUTUMN LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 341
Frequently asked questions
About NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 719 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.6:1 students per teacher at NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Monroe County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.