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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361671001489
RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
284 RIDGE RD, LANSING, NY 14882 · (607) 533-3020 · Tompkins County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
112 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 LANSING 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
70.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 70 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
392
-70 (-15%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.8:1
% White
76%
was 80%
% Hispanic
8%
was 4%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
5%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized primary school in LANSING, New York, run under LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 392 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.
LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,118 students; RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
Looking at the student body, RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder is composed of 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Tompkins County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.3%.
In the broader community, census data for Tompkins County shows median household income runs about $74,024, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Tompkins County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), of which RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is LANSING HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 64.8%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 15%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 392 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 80% to 76% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 371 students
- LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 355 students
Other schools in LANSING
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 371 students
- LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 355 students
- FINGER LAKES RESIDENTIAL CENTERHigh · 67 students
Nearby schools
- LANSING HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 371
- LANSING MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 355
- FINGER LAKES RESIDENTIAL CENTER1.7 mi · 67
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 559
- TOMPKINS-SENECA-TIOGA BOCES5.8 mi · 309
- CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 270
Frequently asked questions
About RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 392 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.9:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tompkins County.
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