Enrollment
379
Elementary
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANDY CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362565003526
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
124 SALISBURY ST, SANDY CREEK, NY 13145 · (315) 387-3445 · Oswego County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL379 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% 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.
- 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
15.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
206 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 46 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 SANDY CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
38.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp 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 38 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 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
41.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 379 | 54.4% | 41.8% |
| WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARATHON | 378 | 54.8% | 46.1% |
| CUBA-RUSHFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUBA | 363 | 53.4% | 56.7% |
| HASTINGS MALLORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL SQUARE | 407 | 56.3% | 40.1% |
| PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PULASKI | 422 | 55.9% | 41.0% |
| MANNSVILLE MANOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANNSVILLE | 338 | 54.7% | 49.0% |
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 SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oswego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,539 of 2,335 | #3 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,923 of 2,342 ▼ 410 | #12 of 20 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,715 of 2,343 ▼ 355 | #7 of 20 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 379 | #1,487 of 2,585 | #14 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,120 of 2,338 | #20 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #2,329 of 2,388 | #18 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.4% | #1,288 of 2,534 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #1,134 of 1,757 | #9 of 16 |
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
379
+50 (+15%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 379 | 24.2 | 15.6:1 | 54% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 27.3 | 14.0:1 | 52% (199) |
| 2022-23 | 393 | 27.8 | 14.1:1 | 49% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 329 | 29 | 11.3:1 | 50% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 42 | 10.0:1 | 55% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 39 | 10.6:1 | 58% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 402 | 48 | 8.4:1 | 45% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 45% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in SANDY CREEK, New York. School enrollment was 379 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
SANDY CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 2 other schools, with 784 students in total.
Most students at SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White: 96% of enrollment. For comparison, Oswego County is about 92% White. SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 8%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 15.6:1. That ratio is over the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 30% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 55.0% for a school in New York with SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 41.8%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Oswego County show that median household income is about $69,183, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 37 public schools in Oswego County, with a combined enrollment of about 17,529.
Nearby, SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away. SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 41.8% compares with 58.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Locale data from NCES put SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 329 students in 2020-21 and 379 in 2024-25, a 15% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 11.3:1 to 15.6:1 over the same years.
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Oswego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,953
Census ACS
Median income
$69,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANDY CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 230 students
- SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 175 students
Other schools in SANDY CREEK
- SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 230 students
- SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 175 students
Other Sandy Creek Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Sandy Creek Elementary. SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARYFAIRFIELD, NE · 280 students
- SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFAIRFIELD, NE · 275 students
Nearby schools
- SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 230
- SANDY CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 175
- MANNSVILLE MANOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 338
- PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 422
- PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL7.0 mi · 507
- BELLEVILLE HENDERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL10.0 mi · 491
Frequently asked questions
About SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 379 students in grades PK-05.
Is SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SANDY CREEK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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