Enrollment
247
Elementary
DISTRICT 386 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION-ENDICOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361071000853
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
263 RIDGEFIELD RD, ENDICOTT, NY 13760 · (607) 757-2152 · Tioga County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL247 STUDENTS
C+
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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
9.7:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
130 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 35 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (31).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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 UNION-ENDICOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp 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 48 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 up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 42.0% |
% 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
43.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 247 | 52.6% | 43.7% |
| T J CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCOTTSVILLE | 292 | 47.9% | 33.7% |
| NETHERWOOD SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 301 | 51.8% | 47.4% |
| WHEELER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEDROW | 240 | 45.4% | 53.5% |
| RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONEONTA | 246 | 49.6% | 38.5% |
| PS 47 CHRIS GALAS BROAD CHANNEL | 271 | 48.0% | 66.1% |
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 THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #1,449 of 2,335 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,533 of 2,342 ▲ 68 | #5 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,654 of 2,343 ▼ 409 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 247 | #2,242 of 2,585 | #8 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #339 of 2,338 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #912 of 2,388 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.6% | #1,330 of 2,534 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #769 of 1,757 | #2 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
247
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 463
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 247 | 25.5 | 9.7:1 | 53% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 267 | 24.8 | 10.8:1 | 55% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 267 | 24.4 | 11.0:1 | 51% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 20 | 12.5:1 | 48% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 297 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 58% (171) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 64% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 297 | 25 | 11.9:1 | 52% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 355 | 28 | 12.7:1 | 21% (73) |
| 1990-91 | 463 | 25 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in ENDICOTT, New York, attend THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. It serves 247 students in kindergarten through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
The district, UNION-ENDICOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 7 schools serving 3,462 students.
At THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 63% of the student body. The remaining shares are 13% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, and 2% Asian. Tioga County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school's share is lower. THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 57%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 25.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.7:1. On average, elementary schools in New York have 12.8:1, compared with 9.7:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 53% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. For comparison, public schools in Tioga County average 53%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 43.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.6%.
Across Tioga County, the median household income is $72,739, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Tioga County has 21 public schools and roughly 7,112 students.
The shortest distance from THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.3 miles, to TIOGA HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 52.5% proficiency; THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 43.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 250 students in 2020-21 and 247 in 2024-25, nearly the same. The school's ratio fell from 12.5:1 to 9.7:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,864
Census ACS
Median income
$72,739
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,112 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in UNION-ENDICOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- UNION-ENDICOTT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,078 students
- JENNIE F SNAPP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- GEORGE F JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 570 students
- CHARLES F JOHNSON JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- ANN G MCGUINNESS ELEMENTAR SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- LINNAEUS W WEST SCHOOLHigh · 70 students
Other schools in ENDICOTT
- UNION-ENDICOTT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,078 students
- JENNIE F SNAPP MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 772 students
- GEORGE F JOHNSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 570 students
- CHARLES F JOHNSON JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- ANN G MCGUINNESS ELEMENTAR SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- LINNAEUS W WEST SCHOOLHigh · 70 students
Nearby schools
- TIOGA HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 269
- APALACHIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 382
- CHARLES F JOHNSON JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 413
- JENNIE F SNAPP MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 772
- ANN G MCGUINNESS ELEMENTAR SCHOOL3.9 mi · 312
- LINNAEUS W WEST SCHOOL3.9 mi · 70
Frequently asked questions
About THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 247 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 13% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
THOMAS J WATSON SR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by UNION-ENDICOTT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tioga County.
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