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SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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 54 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 283 NORTH ST, in SPRINGVILLE, New York, SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that caters to 497 students (grades K through 6), part of SPRINGVILLE-GRIFFITH INSTITUTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Across the 4 schools in SPRINGVILLE-GRIFFITH INSTITUTE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,560 students total), SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (95%) are White. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Erie County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).
The closest other public school is GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 58.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 554 students in 2018 compared to 497 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.
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