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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
477
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362685003662
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
15 PEARL ST E, SIDNEY, NY 13838 · (607) 561-7701 · Delaware County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL477 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
11.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
269 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 24% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 SIDNEY 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 477 | 56.4% | 32.7% |
| CARYL E ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL WHITNEY POINT | 453 | 54.1% | 39.0% |
| SOUTH LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TURIN | 452 | 55.8% | 47.6% |
| BRUSHTON GRADE SCHOOL BRUSHTON | 465 | 54.2% | 39.4% |
| CAMPBELL-SAVONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAVONA | 436 | 55.5% | 44.1% |
| MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MASSENA | 432 | 58.1% | 40.3% |
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 SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #1,929 of 2,335 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,089 of 2,342 ▼ 98 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,679 of 2,343 ▼ 89 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 477 | #935 of 2,585 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,209 of 2,338 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #2,120 of 2,388 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #1,230 of 2,534 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #436 of 1,757 |
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
477
-79 (-14%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 477 | 40.3 | 11.8:1 | 56% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 504 | 44.3 | 11.4:1 | 54% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 43.8 | 12.0:1 | 52% (272) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 45 | 12.4:1 | 52% (289) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 45% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 629 | 31 | 20.3:1 | 37% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 33 | 12.1:1 | 53% (212) |
| 2000-01 | 446 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 47% (209) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 29 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in SIDNEY, New York. The school enrolls 477 students, from kindergarten through 6.
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 3-school district, SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 988 students.
The large majority of students at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 90%, are White. Other reported shares: 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. That is close to the 90% White share among all Delaware County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 19%.
The teaching staff at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.8:1. That ratio is under the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 56%. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Delaware County.
allk12 grades SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the bottom 10% of schools in New York. Predicted: 54.3%. Actual: 32.7%.
Within Delaware County, median household income is about $63,337, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Delaware County number 21 and enroll about 5,307.
The closest other public school is SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 32.7% compares with 48.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 556 students to 477.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 342 students
- SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 169 students
Other schools in SIDNEY
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 342 students
- SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 169 students
Other Sidney Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Sidney Elementary. SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Sidney Elementary SchoolSidney, IA · 241 students
Nearby schools
- SIDNEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 169
- SIDNEY HIGH SCHOOL0.1 mi · 342
- UNADILLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 349
- GREENLAWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.0 mi · 297
- BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL5.1 mi · 351
- GUILFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 141
Frequently asked questions
About SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 477 students in grades KG-06.
Is SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SIDNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SIDNEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Delaware County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.