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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362937006287
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1115 MOHAWK ST, UTICA, NY 13501 · (315) 368-6815 · Oneida County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest 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
11.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
399 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 11% smaller than its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
76%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 503 | 79.3% | 29.3% |
| WOODLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 502 | 81.3% | 27.4% |
| PAIGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 468 | 74.4% | 29.5% |
| CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL UTICA | 618 | 79.1% | 35.5% |
| PS 220 EDWARD MANDEL FOREST HILLS | 616 | 81.2% | 45.5% |
| PS 154 FLUSHING | 542 | 77.1% | 60.3% |
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 ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oneida County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #2,040 of 2,335 | #33 of 37 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,001 of 2,342 ▲ 55 | #31 of 37 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,031 of 2,343 ▲ 85 | #31 of 37 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #811 of 2,585 | #8 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #833 of 2,338 | #8 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.9% | #28 of 2,388 | #3 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.3% | #789 of 2,534 | #7 of 40 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #743 of 1,757 | #12 of 25 |
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
503
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 503 | 45.7 | 11.0:1 | 79% (399) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 43.7 | 11.3:1 | 85% (419) |
| 2022-23 | 511 | 41.5 | 12.3:1 | 76% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 85% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 88% (535) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 85% (507) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in UTICA, New York. The school's 503 students are in kindergarten through 6.
UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 13 schools; together they serve 9,075 students.
Federal enrollment data show Asian students as the largest group at ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 34%. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic, 20% White, 17% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Oneida County, the Asian share is about 4%. The school's diversity index is 76%, meaning two students picked at random have a 76% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 45.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and a ratio of 11.0:1. This ratio sits 1.8 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 79% of students. The rate at public schools in Oneida County averages 47%, lower than here.
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 13% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16.6 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Census estimates describe Oneida County this way: the median household income is $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Oneida County has 71 other public schools.
The shortest distance from ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 503 students in 2024-25, 14 fewer than the 517 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio falling from 12.0:1 to 11.0:1.
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Oneida County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
229,124
Census ACS
Median income
$70,154
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
72
32,265 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Other schools in UTICA
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,820 students
- SENATOR JAMES H DONOVAN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 749 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 634 students
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 618 students
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
Nearby schools
- ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 478
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 2,820
- MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 303
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 618
- WATSON WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 590
- KERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 585
Frequently asked questions
About ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 503 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 20% White, 24% Hispanic, 17% Black, 34% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.