Enrollment
323
Elementary
DISTRICT 292 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362871003897
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
41 5TH AVE, TIOGA CENTER, NY 13845 · (607) 687-8002 · Tioga County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL323 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
12.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
152 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 6% smaller than its 4th grade class (67).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · 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 TIOGA 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 323 | 47.1% | 64.1% |
| CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CATTARAUGUS | 319 | 48.0% | 52.9% |
| LETCHWORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 311 | 45.0% | 51.6% |
| CHATEAUGAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHATEAUGAY | 338 | 48.8% | 34.0% |
| OAKFIELD-ALABAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OAKFIELD | 324 | 46.9% | 47.0% |
| STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE LUZERNE | 337 | 49.6% | 42.1% |
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 TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #593 of 2,335 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #689 of 2,342 ▼ 226 | #3 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #821 of 2,343 ▲ 109 | #3 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 323 | #1,854 of 2,585 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #1,320 of 2,338 | #5 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.8% | #2,339 of 2,388 | #9 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,492 of 2,534 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #803 of 1,757 | #3 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
323
-13 (-4%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 323 | 26.7 | 12.1:1 | 47% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 27.9 | 12.3:1 | 41% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 28.9 | 12.0:1 | 46% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 336 | 25 | 13.4:1 | 50% (168) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 26.5 | 14.5:1 | 63% (242) |
| 2015-16 | 418 | 24 | 17.4:1 | 66% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 290 | 21 | 13.8:1 | 56% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 325 | 21 | 15.5:1 | 53% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 358 | 18 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in TIOGA CENTER, New York, is a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 323 students, spread over pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
A total of 3 schools make up TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 875 students enrolled.
The share of students at TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL who are White is 96%. Tioga County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 8% means there is an 8% chance two randomly chosen students at TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 12.1:1 is based on 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. In all, 47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 75% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 64.1%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 57.7%.
The county, Tioga County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $72,739 a year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Tioga County has 21 public schools.
TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.1% against a local average of 71.8%.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
In 2020-21, TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 336 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 323. Federal data show the ratio falling from 13.4:1 to 12.1:1.
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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 TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 279 students
- TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 273 students
Other schools in TIOGA CENTER
- TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 279 students
- TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 273 students
Other Tioga Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Tioga Elementary. TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Tioga Elementary SchoolBensenville, IL · 751 students
- Tioga Elementary SchoolBall, LA · 482 students
Nearby schools
- TIOGA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 273
- TIOGA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 279
- OWEGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 497
- OWEGO FREE ACADEMY5.7 mi · 621
- OWEGO-APALACHIN MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 457
- TIOGA COUNTY JAIL7.3 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 323 students in grades PK-04.
Is TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
TIOGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of TIOGA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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