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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 583 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360954000727
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
141 GIRARD AVE, EAST AURORA, NY 14052 · (716) 687-2352 · Erie County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% 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
12.0:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
64 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 82 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (130).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within EAST AURORA UNION FREE 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
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 704 | 9.1% | 62.5% |
| ELLICOTT ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORCHARD PARK | 718 | 11.3% | 73.0% |
| BIRCH LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSAPEQUA PARK | 696 | 6.3% | 50.8% |
| WANTAGH SCHOOL WANTAGH | 672 | 8.9% | 59.2% |
| FRICANO PRIMARY SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 584 | 12.3% | N/A |
| NORMAN J LEVY LAKESIDE SCHOOL MERRICK | 644 | 6.4% | 75.8% |
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 PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #655 of 2,335 | #22 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #667 of 2,342 ▲ 139 | #25 of 115 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #854 of 2,343 ▼ 139 | #25 of 115 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #265 of 2,585 | #13 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,258 of 2,338 | #82 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #2,218 of 2,388 | #106 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.1% | #2,445 of 2,534 | #120 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.3% | #227 of 606 | #16 of 43 |
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
704
+118 (+20%) vs 2020
+57% since 1990-91, when it was 448
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 704 | 58.8 | 12.0:1 | 9% (64) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 58.9 | 11.9:1 | 10% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 59 | 11.1:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 586 | 45 | 13.0:1 | 12% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 15% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 654 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 10% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 23 | 19.2:1 | 5% (24) |
| 1990-91 | 448 | 20 | 22.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Among the schools in EAST AURORA, New York, is PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. The school counts 704 students across pre-K through 4. The school's enrollment is 59% larger than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools enrolling 1,750 students.
The student body at PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 93% White. The rest of enrollment is 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. Among all residents of Erie County, the White share is about 74%. The school's diversity index is 14%, meaning two students picked at random have a 14% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at the school number 58.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.0:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 12.0:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 9% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Erie County report 51%.
allk12 grades PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 62.5%. Predicted: 71.7%.
Across Erie County, the median household income is $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. In all, Erie County has 226 public schools and roughly 122,519 students.
The nearest other public school, EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles away. There are 6 more public schools inside five miles. PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 5th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment at PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL grew 20% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 586 to 704 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.0:1 to 12.0:1.
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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 EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 542 students
- EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 504 students
Other schools in EAST AURORA
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 542 students
- EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 504 students
- WALES PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Other Parkdale Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Parkdale Elementary. PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Parkdale Elementary SchoolWACO, TX · 497 students
- Parkdale Elementary SchoolParkdale, OR · 264 students
Nearby schools
- EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 504
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 542
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 260
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.6 mi · 628
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 478
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by EAST AURORA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.