Enrollment
163
Elementary
DISTRICT 301 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361530001290
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL
125 BRIDGE ST, THERESA, NY 13691 · (315) 628-4432 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
9.6:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
71 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 27 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 30 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 26% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL→INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within INDIAN RIVER 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 163 | 43.6% | 55.3% |
| SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANASTOTA | 182 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
| LINCOLN SCHOOL SCOTIA | 185 | 42.2% | 64.0% |
| HARRISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARRISVILLE | 148 | 46.6% | 34.5% |
| PARISHVILLE-HOPKINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARISHVILLE | 177 | 40.7% | 40.4% |
| FLOYD HARWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HARTFORD | 140 | 41.4% | 48.0% |
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 THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #951 of 2,335 | #2 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,257 of 2,342 ▼ 246 | #6 of 20 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,149 of 2,343 ▼ 382 | #3 of 20 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #2,476 of 2,585 | #17 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.6% | #1,589 of 2,534 | #15 of 21 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #616 of 1,757 | #4 of 17 |
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
163
-19 (-10%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 260
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 163 | 17 | 9.6:1 | 44% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 193 | 16.8 | 11.5:1 | 55% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 187 | 15.5 | 12.1:1 | 48% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 182 | 14 | 13.0:1 | 40% (73) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 15 | 13.6:1 | 44% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 218 | 14 | 15.6:1 | 49% (107) |
| 2010-11 | 240 | 13 | 18.5:1 | 40% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 172 | 14 | 12.3:1 | 38% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 260 | 16 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in THERESA, New York, (ZIP code 13691). The latest federal count shows 163 students in pre-K through 3. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 63% lower.
INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 8 schools. Together they enroll 3,326 students.
About 87% of the student body at THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL is White. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 83% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 17 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.6:1. This ratio sits 3.3 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 44%.
allk12 grades THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL's results are 3.7 points below predicted: 55.3% against 59.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Jefferson County show that the median household income is $66,301, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 39 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, PHILADELPHIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, is about 6.0 miles from THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL. There are 7 other public schools within ten miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL had 182 students, to 2024-25, when it had 163. The ratio was 13.0:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
The THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 791 students
- INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 730 students
- INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 565 students
- CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 480 students
- EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 330 students
- ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 145 students
Nearby schools
- PHILADELPHIA PRIMARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 122
- INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL6.4 mi · 791
- INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL6.7 mi · 730
- INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL6.7 mi · 565
- LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL8.9 mi · 448
- ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL?
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 163 students in grades PK-03.
What age range does THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL serve?
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 03.
How many teachers does THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL have?
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL employs 17 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.6:1.
What is the student diversity at THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL are roughly 87% White, 8% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL public or private?
THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.