Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362982004005
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
42-66 NORTH ST, WALTON, NY 13856 · (607) 865-4116 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.0:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
176 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 34 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WALTON 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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
25.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 56% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (30.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 348 | 50.6% | 30.5% |
| MARGARET W CUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RED CREEK | 350 | 50.6% | 36.1% |
| SCHOHARIE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SCHOHARIE | 349 | 50.4% | 34.1% |
| STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE LUZERNE | 337 | 49.6% | 42.1% |
| L P QUINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TUPPER LAKE | 336 | 51.5% | 16.1% |
| CHATEAUGAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHATEAUGAY | 338 | 48.8% | 34.0% |
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 TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.5% | #1,996 of 2,335 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #2,199 of 2,342 ▼ 299 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,079 of 2,343 ▼ 198 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #1,683 of 2,585 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #1,275 of 2,338 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #2,327 of 2,388 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.6% | #1,389 of 2,534 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #374 of 1,757 |
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
348
-20 (-5%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 684
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 348 | 29 | 12.0:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2023-24 | 367 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 48% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 367 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 47% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 32 | 11.5:1 | 37% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 54% (259) |
| 2015-16 | 485 | 40 | 12.1:1 | 59% (287) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 47 | 10.8:1 | 54% (275) |
| 2000-01 | 513 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 41% (210) |
| 1990-91 | 684 | 39 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its address is in WALTON, New York. It has an enrollment of 348 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 3-school district, WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 805 students.
White students account for 96% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 8, compared with 70 nationally.
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 12.0 students per teacher, from 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 12.0:1 compares with an average of 12.8:1 for elementary schools in New York. Lunch program data show 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of New York schools. It scores 30.5%; the prediction is 56.4%.
For Delaware County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $63,337, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. There are 21 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,307, TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.7 miles from WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. On proficiency, TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 57.0% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 20 students, from 368 to 348.
This page collects posts and questions about TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 271 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 186 students
Other schools in WALTON
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 271 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 186 students
Other Townsend Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Townsend Elementary. TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 7.
- Townsend Elementary SchoolTownsend, DE · 435 students
- Townsend Elementary SchoolDel City, OK · 433 students
- TOWNSEND ELEM.FLORISSANT, MO · 351 students
- Townsend Elementary SchoolJACKSON, MI · 316 students
- Townsend ElementaryMaxton, NC · 280 students
Nearby schools
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 186
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 271
- DOWNSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL9.2 mi · 219
- FRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL11.8 mi · 209
- DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.9 mi · 325
- DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL12.9 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.0:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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