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What's the one class at PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
573
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361167000926
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6050 FAIRWAY CT, LAKE VIEW, NY 14085 · (716) 926-1770 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL573 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
104 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 22% · 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 FRONTIER 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
74.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
83.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 573 | 18.2% | 70.8% |
| REGAN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 631 | 18.7% | 57.2% |
| WINDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ORCHARD PARK | 625 | 18.4% | 55.9% |
| JEFFERSON AVENUE SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 606 | 16.5% | 63.6% |
| CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALLSTON LAKE | 498 | 15.7% | 70.1% |
| VOORHEESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL VOORHEESVILLE | 541 | 15.7% | 70.5% |
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 PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #373 of 2,335 | #10 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #278 of 2,342 ▲ 100 | #3 of 115 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #404 of 2,343 ▲ 138 | #10 of 115 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 573 | #558 of 2,585 | #30 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #958 of 2,338 | #66 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.1% | #2,297 of 2,388 | #112 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.2% | #2,274 of 2,534 | #105 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #851 of 1,757 | #30 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
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 524
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 50.9 | 11.3:1 | 18% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 577 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 17% (99) |
| 2022-23 | 583 | 44.1 | 13.2:1 | 14% (83) |
| 2020-21 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 15% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 40.5 | 16.7:1 | 16% (109) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 50 | 12.5:1 | 9% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 15% (93) |
| 1990-91 | 524 | 30 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in LAKE VIEW, New York. In all, 573 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 29% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Within FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 4,475 students.
At PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 95% of students are White. Other students are 3% Hispanic. That is higher than the 74% White share among all Erie County residents. The diversity index for PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.3:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. On the income side, 18% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Erie County, the average is 51%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 70.8% actual against 68.3% predicted.
In Erie County, the median household earns about $72,839 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Erie County, 226 public schools serve about 122,519 students.
HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 2.1 miles from PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 4. The school's 70.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 573, compared with 602 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
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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 FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,067 students
- BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 535 students
- CLOVERBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- BLASDELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 498 students
Other Pinehurst Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 6 states are named Pinehurst Elementary. PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Pinehurst ElementaryNorth Charleston, SC · 758 students
- Pinehurst ElementaryPinehurst, NC · 584 students
- Pinehurst ElementarySalisbury, MD · 564 students
- PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPINEHURST, ID · 430 students
- Pinehurst Elementary SchoolAshland, OR · 8 students
Nearby schools
- HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 344
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,067
- CLOVERBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 509
- EDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 282
- G L PRIESS PRIMARY SCHOOL5.1 mi · 348
- EDEN MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL5.3 mi · 652
Frequently asked questions
About PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 573 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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