Enrollment
291
Elementary
DISTRICT 197 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARANAC LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362574003533
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
79 CANARAS AVE, SARANAC LAKE, NY 12983 · (518) 891-4221 · Franklin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL291 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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
8.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
129 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (51) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · 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 SARANAC LAKE 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
49.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 291 | 44.3% | 49.1% |
| EDWARDS-KNOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERMON | 289 | 45.3% | 26.5% |
| LETCHWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 311 | 45.0% | 51.6% |
| C R WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINDSOR | 277 | 43.3% | 47.6% |
| CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAYVILLE | 301 | 43.5% | 69.3% |
| VOLNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FULTON | 306 | 46.4% | 28.9% |
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 PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Franklin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #1,195 of 2,335 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,340 of 2,342 ▼ 283 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,436 of 2,343 ▼ 180 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 291 | #2,048 of 2,585 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.8:1 | #151 of 2,338 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.7% | #2,354 of 2,388 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.3% | #1,570 of 2,534 | #9 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #607 of 1,757 | #2 of 7 |
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
291
-53 (-15%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 376
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 291 | 33.1 | 8.8:1 | 44% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 31.5 | 10.0:1 | 45% (141) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 30.3 | 10.2:1 | 49% (150) |
| 2020-21 | 344 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 35 | 10.4:1 | 49% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 342 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 37% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 321 | 35 | 9.2:1 | 40% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 342 | 27 | 12.7:1 | 43% (148) |
| 1990-91 | 376 | 23 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in SARANAC LAKE, New York, administered by SARANAC LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Total enrollment is 291 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 5. That is 34% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
The district for PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is SARANAC LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4 schools and 1,036 students.
At PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 97% of students are White. Other students are 2% multiracial. That is higher than the 84% White share among all Franklin County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 7%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 8.8:1. The school has 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 8.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Federal data show 44% of students (129) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.7%.
In Franklin County, home to about 46,696 people, the median household earns about $65,151 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Franklin County number 21, with about 6,724 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, SARANAC LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On proficiency, PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 56.2% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Under the NCES locale system, PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Town: Remote.
Enrollment decreased 15% over 4 years, reaching 291 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 11.5:1 to 8.8:1.
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Franklin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,696
Census ACS
Median income
$65,151
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,724 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SARANAC LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SARANAC LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 360 students
- SARANAC LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 282 students
- BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOLElementary · 103 students
Other schools in SARANAC LAKE
- SARANAC LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 360 students
- SARANAC LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 282 students
- BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOLElementary · 103 students
Nearby schools
- SARANAC LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 282
- SARANAC LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 360
- BLOOMINGDALE SCHOOL5.8 mi · 103
- LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.0 mi · 228
- LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.0 mi · 304
- L P QUINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL16.7 mi · 336
Frequently asked questions
About PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 291 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 8.8:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PETROVA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SARANAC LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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