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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
413
Elementary
DISTRICT 398 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CASSADAGA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360666000453
SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
43 SINCLAIR DR, SINCLAIRVILLE, NY 14782 · (716) 962-5195 · Chautauqua County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL413 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% 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.
- 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
9.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
199 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · 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
SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within CASSADAGA VALLEY 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% 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 SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 413 | 48.2% | 44.8% |
| AURA A COLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CONSTANTIA | 396 | 49.0% | 39.6% |
| BENTON HALL ACADEMY LITTLE FALLS | 441 | 49.0% | 44.5% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL OGDENSBURG | 431 | 48.5% | 43.9% |
| J E LANIGAN SCHOOL FULTON | 436 | 49.8% | 28.8% |
| MILLARD HAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL SQUARE | 446 | 47.8% | 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 SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,403 of 2,335 | #11 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,446 of 2,342 no change | #12 of 21 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,604 of 2,343 ▼ 210 | #11 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 413 | #1,291 of 2,585 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #324 of 2,338 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.4% | #2,179 of 2,388 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #1,467 of 2,534 | #18 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.3% | #459 of 606 | N/A |
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
413
+27 (+7%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 413 | 43 | 9.6:1 | 48% (199) |
| 2023-24 | 420 | 40 | 10.5:1 | 50% (208) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 39.2 | 10.5:1 | 57% (234) |
| 2020-21 | 386 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 61% (234) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 57% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 30 | 13.1:1 | 59% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 54% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 386 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 47% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 25 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in SINCLAIRVILLE, New York, SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CASSADAGA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. There are 413 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
CASSADAGA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 2 schools and 795 students, including SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 91% of students are White. The remaining students are 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 16%.
There are about 9.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 43. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 48%. That is lower than the 57% average for public schools in Chautauqua County.
Among New York public elementary schools, SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 35%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
A school with SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 57.3%. SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 44.8%, 12.5 points below that line.
In the wider Chautauqua County area, median household income comes to about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Chautauqua County counts 51 public schools with about 17,056 students.
A public school about 0.9 miles away, CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 5 other public schools within ten miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment increased 7% over 4 years, reaching 413 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.8:1 to 9.6:1.
This page collects posts and questions about SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CASSADAGA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
Other schools in SINCLAIRVILLE
- CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
Nearby schools
- CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 382
- MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 275
- BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 300
- HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.9 mi · 222
- FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL9.9 mi · 616
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL10.2 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 413 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SINCLAIRVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CASSADAGA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.