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Enrollment
589
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362670001984
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15 SCHOOL ST, SHERBURNE, NY 13460 · (607) 674-7336 · Chenango County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL589 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% 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
10.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
285 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 64 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 87 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (87).
Student demographics
9%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
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL→SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
39.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% 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 SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 589 | 48.4% | 39.1% |
| LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LOWVILLE | 628 | 47.1% | 48.3% |
| A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL WINDSOR | 542 | 48.2% | 63.9% |
| WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WELLSVILLE | 517 | 49.1% | 39.1% |
| HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERKIMER | 533 | 50.5% | 31.4% |
| CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANISTEO | 507 | 49.3% | 46.1% |
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 SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chenango County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #1,665 of 2,335 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,657 of 2,342 ▲ 147 | #3 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,860 of 2,343 ▼ 357 | #5 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 589 | #512 of 2,585 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #551 of 2,338 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.9% | #2,323 of 2,388 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #1,462 of 2,534 | #7 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #938 of 1,757 | #5 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
589
-27 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 839
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 589 | 57.1 | 10.3:1 | 48% (285) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 56.2 | 10.7:1 | 51% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 629 | 55 | 11.4:1 | 32% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 616 | 60 | 10.3:1 | 51% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 680 | 67 | 10.2:1 | 56% (383) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 63 | 10.8:1 | 60% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 657 | 70 | 9.4:1 | 51% (338) |
| 2000-01 | 839 | 73 | 11.5:1 | 76% (638) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in SHERBURNE, New York, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 589 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 3 schools and 1,273 students, including SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Roughly 95% of students at SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 3% multiracial. Chenango County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 9%.
The school had 57.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.3:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 2.5 students per teacher. The school reported 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Chenango County is similar, at 50%.
Among New York public elementary schools, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 57.2% and the result is 39.1%.
In the wider Chenango County area, median household income comes to about $62,948, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Chenango County counts 23 public schools with about 7,036 students.
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds 2 other public schools. SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 39.1% against a local average of 53.9%.
NCES assigns SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 616 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 589.
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Chenango County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,321
Census ACS
Median income
$62,948
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,036 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
- SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 302 students
Other schools in SHERBURNE
- SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
- SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 302 students
Nearby schools
- SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 302
- SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 382
- DELAWARE-CHENANGO-MADISON-OTSEGO BOCES7.3 mi · 283
- HAMILTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.5 mi · 286
- HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.5 mi · 256
- STANFORD J GIBSON PRIMARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 589 students in grades PK-05.
Is SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
What is the student diversity at SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.