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How has SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
480
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361287001055
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
11219 SR 32, GREENVILLE, NY 12083 · (518) 966-5070 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL480 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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
15.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
182 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
13%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
Based on grade levels within GREENVILLE 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
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 480 | 37.9% | 51.0% |
| SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRINGVILLE | 497 | 37.0% | 43.0% |
| BOLIVAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 473 | 38.1% | 53.3% |
| HOOSIC VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHAGHTICOKE | 455 | 37.1% | 37.9% |
| MAINE MEMORIAL SCHOOL MAINE | 478 | 36.6% | 61.1% |
| ATTICA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATTICA | 452 | 39.8% | 42.6% |
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 SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,124 of 2,335 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,330 of 2,342 ▼ 390 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,185 of 2,343 ▼ 102 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 480 | #917 of 2,585 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,085 of 2,338 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.1% | #2,234 of 2,388 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.9% | #1,747 of 2,534 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.4% | #1,509 of 1,757 | #6 of 6 |
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
480
+20 (+4%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 480 | 31.2 | 15.4:1 | 38% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 30.2 | 16.7:1 | 37% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 36.4 | 13.5:1 | 37% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 460 | 41 | 11.2:1 | 37% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 34% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 530 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 33% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 61 | 8.9:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 645 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 29% (188) |
| 1990-91 | 707 | 48 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in New York, with an address in GREENVILLE. There are 480 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 3 schools that make up GREENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,056 students in total).
By race and ethnicity, SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 93% White. Other reported shares: 4% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 85% White among all Greene County residents. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school lists 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. A total of 182 students, or 38%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Greene County is 46%.
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of New York public elementary schools.
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 51.0% and a predicted 61.0%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Greene County show that median household income comes to about $77,945, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 16, with about 5,042 students.
GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Local comparison: SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 51.0% versus a 57.0% average.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment increased by 4% across 4 years, from 460 in 2020-21 to 480 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 11.2:1 in 2020-21, and 15.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,409
Census ACS
Median income
$77,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,042 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 339 students
- GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 237 students
Other schools in GREENVILLE
- GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 339 students
- GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 237 students
Nearby schools
- GREENVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 339
- GREENVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 237
- CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 333
- CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 272
- CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.3 mi · 432
- RAVENA-COEYMANS-SELKIRK MIDDLE SCHOOL11.6 mi · 375
Frequently asked questions
About SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 480 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.4:1 students per teacher at SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SCOTT M ELLIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of GREENVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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