Enrollment
70
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362085002954
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2015 MT HOPE RD, LEWISTON, NY 14092 · (716) 215-3685 · Niagara County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL70 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
3.5:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
40 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 9 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 6 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 5 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 19% |
| Grade 6 | 4 | 6% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
26.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57.
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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% 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 →
Where TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Niagara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 70 | #2,564 of 2,585 | #28 of 29 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
70
-26 (-27%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
3.5:1
was 5.7:1
% White
0%
was 0%
% Hispanic
4%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 70 | 19.9 | 3.5:1 | 57% (40) |
| 2023-24 | 78 | 19.4 | 4.0:1 | 67% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 91 | 18.4 | 5.0:1 | 53% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 96 | 17 | 5.7:1 | 77% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a very small elementary school. Its address is in LEWISTON, New York. There are 70 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 6. That puts enrollment 84% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 6 schools, TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 3,087 students in all.
A large majority of enrollment at TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Native American, at 84%. After that, the student body is 11% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 3.5:1, with 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The school has 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Niagara County, the average is 49%.
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 54.0%. The school's actual rate is 33.5%, 20.5 points lower.
In Niagara County, median household income comes to about $69,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 26,388 students.
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 1.7 miles from NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within five miles. TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 33.5% compares with 56.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 70, from 96 in 2017-18. The ratio was 5.7:1 in 2017-18 and 3.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Niagara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
210,721
Census ACS
Median income
$69,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
26,388 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,041 students
- EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 723 students
- ERRICK ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 501 students
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
- COLONIAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,041
- EDWARD TOWN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 723
- COLONIAL VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 351
- NIAGARA CHARTER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 342
- WEST STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 401
- GERALDINE J MANN SCHOOL4.6 mi · 400
Frequently asked questions
About TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 70 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 3.5:1 students per teacher at TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 4% Hispanic, 11% Two or more.
Is TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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