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PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 715 PLANK RD, in WEBSTER, New York, PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that enrolls 562 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of WEBSTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 27% above typical.
Within WEBSTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 7,940 students, PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 15% of students at PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Monroe County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.6%, the actual is 60.8%, a residual of -8.8 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,382 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Monroe County's 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: PLANK ROAD NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 72.7%.
PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLANK ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 3%, going from 579 students in 2018 to 562 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
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