Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 263 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362547004619
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
41 E BROADWAY, SALEM, NY 12865 · (518) 854-9505 · Washington County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test 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
10.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
145 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (52).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SALEM HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SALEM 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% 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 SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 295 | 49.2% | 48.0% |
| GREENLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAINBRIDGE | 297 | 50.8% | 35.5% |
| YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RETSOF | 275 | 48.4% | 34.3% |
| HUDSON FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HUDSON FALLS | 311 | 49.5% | 41.3% |
| VOLNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FULTON | 306 | 46.4% | 28.9% |
| F P DONNELLY SCHOOL CONKLIN | 306 | 50.3% | 42.2% |
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 SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,252 of 2,335 | #4 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,230 of 2,342 ▼ 1 | #4 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,435 of 2,343 ▼ 130 | #6 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #2,027 of 2,585 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #737 of 2,338 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #2,178 of 2,388 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.2% | #1,432 of 2,534 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.7% | #1,734 of 1,757 | #10 of 10 |
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
295
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 295 | 27.4 | 10.8:1 | 49% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 25.1 | 12.0:1 | 52% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 311 | 26.4 | 11.8:1 | 52% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 300 | 24 | 12.5:1 | 48% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 46% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 258 | 22 | 11.7:1 | 57% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 264 | 30 | 8.8:1 | 40% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 404 | 34 | 11.9:1 | 34% (136) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 29 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in SALEM, New York, SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. It has an enrollment of 295 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 33% below average.
SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL along with 1 other school, enrolling 525 students in total.
Of every 100 students at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 91 are White. The remaining students are 6% Hispanic. Census estimates put Washington County at about 91% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 27.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.8:1. The school's 10.8:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 49%. That is in line with the 46% average for public schools in Washington County.
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 43% of New York public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 48.0% actual, 56.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
The school's county is Washington County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,495 a year, roughly 22% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Washington County with 25 other public schools.
SALEM HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The ten-mile area around SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 3 other public schools. The school's 48.0% average proficiency ranks 7th among 8 nearby schools.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
In 2020-21, SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 300; in 2024-25, 295. The school's ratio dropped from 12.5:1 to 10.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,522
Census ACS
Median income
$73,495
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,873 students
Quick facts
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Other Salem Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 13 states are named Salem Elementary. SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 13th largest of the 16.
- Salem Elementary SchoolMurfreesboro, TN · 946 students
- Salem ElementarySalem, WI · 936 students
- Salem ElementaryApex, NC · 776 students
- Salem ElementaryFredericksburg, VA · 573 students
- Salem ElementaryVirginia Beach, VA · 541 students
Nearby schools
- SALEM HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 230
- ARGYLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.3 mi · 247
- ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.3 mi · 253
- GREENWICH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 410
- GREENWICH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 452
- CAMBRIDGE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.8 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 295 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 91% White, 6% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Washington County.
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