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Enrollment
427
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362493004369
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL
5705 RT 96, ROMULUS, NY 14541 · (866) 810-0345 · Seneca County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL427 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 13% of New York public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
42 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
169 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 23 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 29 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 22 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 27% larger than its 8th grade class (26).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.5%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
44.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.5% | 44.9% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 50.4% |
% 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
42.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (42.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 427 | 39.6% | 42.6% |
| ARKPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL ARKPORT | 435 | 37.2% | 57.3% |
| EDMESTON CENTRAL SCHOOL EDMESTON | 389 | 41.6% | 67.6% |
| HOOSIC VALLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCHAGHTICOKE | 388 | 35.8% | 55.7% |
| CLYMER CENTRAL SCHOOL CLYMER | 330 | 38.8% | 55.7% |
| LISBON CENTRAL SCHOOL LISBON | 540 | 40.9% | 58.1% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #81 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #81 of 101 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #78 of 101 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 427 | #69 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #111 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #99 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #110 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #94 of 95 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
427
+5 (+1%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 427 | 42 | 10.2:1 | 40% (169) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 42 | 10.4:1 | 55% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 449 | 41 | 10.9:1 | 63% (284) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 45 | 9.4:1 | 53% (223) |
| 2017-18 | 433 | 43 | 10.1:1 | 55% (237) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 39 | 10.3:1 | 58% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 46 | 9.8:1 | 35% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 262 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 15% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 54 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is a small school serving multiple grade levels based in ROMULUS, New York. It had 427 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 12. Combined schools in New York have about 544 students on average; enrollment here is 22% lower.
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL reports to ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Of every 100 students at ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL, about 90 are White. After that, the student body is 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Census estimates put Seneca County at about 88% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is 19%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 42 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.2:1. Statewide, combined schools in New York average 8.7:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 40% of the student body. For comparison, public schools in Seneca County average 50%.
Among New York public K-12 schools, ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL outscored 13%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.6% is 17.9 points below the 60.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Seneca County, median household income comes to about $68,089, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The county's public schools total 11, with about 3,612 students.
About 5.3 miles separate ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL from the closest public school, SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. On average proficiency, ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
NCES assigns ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment went from 422 in 2020-21 to 427 in 2024-25, a change of 5 students.
This page is set up for the ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Seneca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,920
Census ACS
Median income
$68,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,612 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL5.3 mi · 329
- ANDREW J SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.0 mi · 332
- UNION SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL10.0 mi · 212
- UNION SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL10.0 mi · 165
- SOUTH SENECA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 286
- SKOI-YASE SCHOOL10.3 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 427 students in grades PK-12.
Is ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 10.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
At ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL in?
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.