Enrollment
231
Elementary
DISTRICT 210 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RICHFIELD SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362457003347
RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
93 MAIN ST, RICHFIELD SPRINGS, NY 13439 · (315) 858-0610 · Otsego County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL231 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
98 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (29).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +21.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 21 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 231 | 42.4% | 45.5% |
| PEMBROKE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL CORFU | 244 | 41.8% | 63.6% |
| MIDDLESEX VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSHVILLE | 242 | 40.9% | N/A |
| MARGARET MURPHY KINDERGARTEN CENTER HUDSON FALLS | 234 | 39.7% | N/A |
| GORHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GORHAM | 213 | 43.7% | 44.5% |
| PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KENNEDY | 232 | 43.1% | N/A |
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 RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Otsego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,369 of 2,335 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,500 of 2,342 ▼ 270 | #4 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,196 of 2,343 ▲ 436 | #2 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 231 | #2,287 of 2,585 | #6 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #220 of 2,338 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #2,302 of 2,388 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,624 of 2,534 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #1,054 of 1,757 | #1 of 6 |
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
231
+16 (+7%) vs 2020
-72% since 1990-91, when it was 836
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 231 | 25 | 9.2:1 | 42% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 244 | 26.5 | 9.2:1 | 56% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 242 | 27.3 | 8.9:1 | 61% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 215 | 26 | 8.3:1 | 56% (121) |
| 2017-18 | 261 | 21 | 12.4:1 | 57% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 20 | 13.3:1 | 60% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 556 | 48 | 11.6:1 | 35% (194) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 59 | 12.0:1 | 40% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 836 | 82 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in RICHFIELD SPRINGS, New York, in Otsego County. The school had 231 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools and 420 students, and RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Most students at RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 95% of enrollment. Other students are 2% Hispanic. By the diversity index, RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 10%.
Federal staffing data show 25 full-time-equivalent teachers at RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 9.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 42% of enrollment. That is close to the 42% average for public schools in Otsego County.
The allk12 Grade for RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 35% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New York, RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 45.5% actual against a predicted 59.4%.
Census Bureau estimates for Otsego County show that median household income is about $68,885, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 21 public schools operate in Otsego County, serving about 6,216 students.
RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Local comparison: RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 45.5% versus a 56.3% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment was 215 in 2020-21 and 231 in 2024-25, a rise of 16 students.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Otsego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,108
Census ACS
Median income
$68,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
6,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in RICHFIELD SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 189 students
Other schools in RICHFIELD SPRINGS
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 189 students
Nearby schools
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 189
- OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL8.8 mi · 159
- MOUNT MARKHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 465
- MOUNT MARKHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL10.1 mi · 284
- MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 283
- HARRY M FISHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.3 mi · 348
Frequently asked questions
About RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 231 students in grades PK-06.
Is RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.2:1 (25 FTE teachers).
How diverse is RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by RICHFIELD SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Otsego County.
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