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Enrollment
826
Elementary
DISTRICT 575 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALBION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360252000035
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
324 EAST AVE, ALBION, NY 14411 · (585) 589-2030 · Orleans County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL826 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
12.4:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
402 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 76 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 141 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (141).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
Based on grade levels within ALBION 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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
40.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 826 | 48.7% | 40.6% |
| TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 785 | 48.8% | 43.0% |
| CAYUGA HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEPEW | 846 | 42.2% | 48.3% |
| MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON SPRINGS | 761 | 46.1% | 33.6% |
| PINEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 591 | 44.3% | 49.6% |
| C E WALTERS SCHOOL YAPHANK | 795 | 41.8% | 42.9% |
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 RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orleans County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,584 of 2,335 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,320 of 2,342 ▲ 162 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,699 of 2,343 ▲ 152 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 826 | #125 of 2,585 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #1,415 of 2,338 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #1,482 of 2,388 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.7% | #1,453 of 2,534 | #5 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #1,352 of 1,757 | N/A |
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
826
0 (0%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 1,078
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 826 | 66.6 | 12.4:1 | 49% (402) |
| 2023-24 | 872 | 65.3 | 13.4:1 | 54% (469) |
| 2022-23 | 820 | 68.1 | 12.0:1 | 57% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 54 | 15.3:1 | 54% (443) |
| 2017-18 | 886 | 59 | 15.0:1 | 58% (510) |
| 2015-16 | 924 | 61 | 15.2:1 | 59% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 996 | 71 | 14.0:1 | 52% (521) |
| 2000-01 | 1,128 | 71 | 15.9:1 | 37% (414) |
| 1990-91 | 1,078 | 60 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In ALBION, New York, RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. The school serves 826 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 86% larger than that.
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of a district of 3 schools: ALBION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,725 students.
Roughly 73% of students at RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Enrollment also includes 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Orleans County, the White share is about 86%. RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 43%, against a US figure of 70%.
A ratio of 12.4:1 comes from the school's 66.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York fairly closely. The lunch program counts 49% of students at RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 24% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.6% is 16.5 points below the 57.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Orleans County census figures show that the median household income is $65,969, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Orleans County is home to 13 public schools and about 5,767 public school students.
The nearest public school is CHARLES D'AMICO HIGH SCHOOL, at about 0.1 miles. Around the school, 2 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Distant, meaning it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 826 students in 2020-21 and 826 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.3:1 to 12.4:1 over the same years.
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Orleans County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,608
Census ACS
Median income
$65,969
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALBION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHARLES D'AMICO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 499 students
- CARL I BERGERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 400 students
Other schools in ALBION
- CHARLES D'AMICO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 499 students
- CARL I BERGERSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 400 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES D'AMICO HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 499
- CARL I BERGERSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 400
- HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.7 mi · 423
- HOLLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.7 mi · 513
- KENDALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.2 mi · 368
- KENDALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.6 mi · 311
Frequently asked questions
About RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 826 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.4:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 73% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
RONALD L SODOMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ALBION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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