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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 490 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362364003297
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
500 ELM ST, PORTVILLE, NY 14770 · (716) 933-6001 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
204 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 40 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 6% smaller than its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within PORTVILLE 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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 534 | 38.2% | 67.2% |
| BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 535 | 37.9% | 61.0% |
| FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL FONDA | 511 | 38.6% | 61.6% |
| SCHUYLERVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHUYLERVILLE | 564 | 37.2% | 54.5% |
| SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGVILLE | 497 | 37.0% | 43.0% |
| SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENVILLE | 480 | 37.9% | 51.0% |
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 PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #481 of 2,335 | #2 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #506 of 2,342 ▼ 95 | #2 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #498 of 2,343 ▲ 230 | #1 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #691 of 2,585 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,579 of 2,338 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #2,124 of 2,388 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #1,739 of 2,534 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #1,442 of 1,757 | #8 of 10 |
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
534
+53 (+11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 765
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 534 | 41.6 | 12.8:1 | 38% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 41.8 | 12.8:1 | 48% (254) |
| 2022-23 | 518 | 41.4 | 12.5:1 | 46% (238) |
| 2020-21 | 481 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 40% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 37.1 | 15.2:1 | 46% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 562 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 47% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 41 | 13.0:1 | 32% (168) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 34% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 765 | 42 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in PORTVILLE, New York. A total of 534 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 6. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 21% higher.
PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2 schools, 979 students) runs PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Most students at PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 90% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 89% of residents are White. PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 19%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.8:1. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Roughly 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Cattaraugus County averages 50%, higher than here.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 6.3 points above predicted: 67.2% against 60.9%.
Across Cattaraugus County, median household income is about $59,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 31 public schools in Cattaraugus County.
The next-closest public school is PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. Nearby schools average 48.3% on proficiency, and PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 67.2%.
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.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 534 was 11% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 481. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.8:1, from 14.6:1.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 445 students
Nearby schools
- PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 445
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 347
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES5.6 mi · 452
- Otto-Eldred Elementary School6.1 mi · 271
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.3 mi · 668
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL6.4 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PORTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PORTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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