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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TRI-VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362889003909
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
34 MOORE HILL RD, GRAHAMSVILLE, NY 12740 · (845) 985-2296 · Sullivan County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% 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
9.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
236 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 42 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 62 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (62).
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within TRI-VALLEY 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
47.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% 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 →
Schools most like TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 471 | 50.1% | 44.3% |
| FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FREDONIA | 432 | 51.2% | 44.1% |
| BARCLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROCKPORT | 527 | 48.4% | 37.5% |
| FRED W HILL SCHOOL BROCKPORT | 500 | 45.6% | 39.9% |
| SILVER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SILVER CREEK | 428 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| CHARLES E RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OSWEGO | 390 | 50.5% | 37.2% |
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 TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #1,418 of 2,335 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,625 of 2,342 ▼ 384 | #4 of 8 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,477 of 2,343 ▼ 117 | #4 of 8 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #962 of 2,585 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #181 of 2,338 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #1,501 of 2,388 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #1,406 of 2,534 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #1,103 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
471
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 406
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 471 | 52 | 9.1:1 | 50% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 41.9 | 11.7:1 | 42% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 49.5 | 9.3:1 | 50% (231) |
| 2020-21 | 464 | 53 | 8.8:1 | 48% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 54% (284) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 44 | 12.6:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 57 | 10.8:1 | 31% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 349 | 35 | 10.0:1 | 23% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 406 | 29 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in GRAHAMSVILLE, New York. The school enrolls 471 students, from pre-K through 6.
TRI-VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 879 students, and its 2 schools include TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
A majority of students at TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 73%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. That is close to the 70% White share among all Sullivan County residents. By the diversity index, TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 43%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.1:1, with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 50% of enrollment. Across public schools in Sullivan County, the average is 61%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, TRI-VALLEY 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.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 44.3% actual against 56.6% predicted.
Federal survey data for Sullivan County show that median household income is about $72,382, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. A total of 20 public schools operate in Sullivan County, serving about 9,164 students.
Of nearby public schools, TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 3. Its average proficiency rate of 44.3% is above the 36.8% average for nearby schools.
Locale data from NCES put TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 464 to 471.
The TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,721
Census ACS
Median income
$72,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TRI-VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOLHigh · 408 students
Other Tri-Valley Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tri-Valley Elementary. TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Tri-Valley Elementary SchoolDowns, IL · 295 students
Nearby schools
- TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 408
- BENJAMIN COSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 841
- FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.9 mi · 663
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.1 mi · 664
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL11.5 mi · 578
- LIBERTY MIDDLE SCHOOL11.6 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.1:1 students per teacher at TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 73% White, 18% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of TRI-VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.