English Language Arts
48.0%
State avg 58.3%
District avg 51.9%
County avg 51.1%
+10.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 51.9%
County avg 51.1%
+10.0pp since 2023-24
Test scores
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NYS Assessments + Regents, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4).Mathematics
48.0%
State avg 57.4%
District avg 51.7%
County avg 51.4%
+4.0pp since 2023-24
District avg 51.7%
County avg 51.4%
+4.0pp since 2023-24
Science
N/A
State avg 57.3%
District avg 60.0%
County avg 61.1%
District avg 60.0%
County avg 61.1%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments + Regents, New York's statewide test, about 48 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 →
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade 3 | 50.0% | 54.7% | 104 | 41.0% | 60.2% | 103 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 4 | 43.0% | 54.6% | 106 | 48.0% | 59.3% | 106 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Grade 5 | 50.0% | 57.2% | 127 | 54.0% | 54.7% | 122 | 42.0% | 45.5% | 117 |
2-year history
All grades, all students. TONAWANDA New York avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 48.0% | 51.9% | 51.1% | 58.3% |
| SY 2023-24 | 38.0% | 48.5% | 46.7% | 53.2% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 48.0% | 51.7% | 51.4% | 57.4% |
| SY 2023-24 | 44.0% | 51.2% | 50.5% | 56.5% |
How to read these scores
What is NYS Assessments + Regents?
New York public-school students in grades 3 through 8 take annual state assessments in English Language Arts and Math each spring, plus Science at grades 5 and 8. High school students take Regents Examinations in core subjects (ELA, Algebra I, Living Environment, etc.) which are required for a Regents diploma.
What does "% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)" mean?
It is the percentage of students at the school who scored at Level 3 ("Proficient") or Level 4 ("Excels at Standards") on the 3-8 test, or at the passing threshold (65 or above) on a Regents Examination. New York reports four performance levels for grades 3-8; Levels 3 and 4 indicate grade-level proficiency. A higher number is better.
What does 48.0% mean for English Language Arts at TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
It means about 48.0 percent of students tested at TONAWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performed at grade level or above on the NYS Assessments + Regents English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for New York that year was 58.3%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in New York, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
New York State Education Department (NYSED), Grades 3-8 ELA/Math/Science assessments + Regents Examinations, via the NYSED School Report Card database (data.nysed.gov). School-level All Students subgroup. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient" rate (Level 3 + Level 4 for 3-8; passing Regents score for HS).
How often is it updated?
NYS Assessments + Regents is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.