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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 493 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360387000147
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
14 FORD ST, BALDWINSVILLE, NY 13027 · (315) 638-6121 · Onondaga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% 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.
- C-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
15.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
126 students
DISTRICT 26% · 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→DONALD S RAY SCHOOL→THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL→CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BALDWINSVILLE 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 up about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
49.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 488 | 25.8% | 49.4% |
| HUTH ROAD SCHOOL GRAND ISLAND | 473 | 25.2% | 61.0% |
| BURTON STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAZENOVIA | 484 | 25.4% | 50.8% |
| CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 494 | 24.9% | 57.4% |
| MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 513 | 26.7% | 59.3% |
| TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TROY | 505 | 27.9% | 49.4% |
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 VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Onondaga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.4% | #1,189 of 2,335 | #24 of 61 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,141 of 2,342 ▲ 413 | #24 of 61 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,137 of 2,343 ▼ 135 | #19 of 61 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #885 of 2,585 | #20 of 70 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #2,158 of 2,338 | #58 of 68 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #2,099 of 2,388 | #60 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.8% | #2,074 of 2,534 | #57 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.9% | #1,348 of 1,757 | #36 of 50 |
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
488
-34 (-7%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 488 | 30.7 | 15.9:1 | 26% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 33.1 | 15.4:1 | 30% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 503 | 32.9 | 15.3:1 | 28% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 522 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 28% (145) |
| 2017-18 | 524 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 29% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 480 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 30% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 462 | 31 | 14.9:1 | 18% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 485 | 33 | 14.7:1 | 13% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 34 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in BALDWINSVILLE, New York. It had 488 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT serves 5,400 students across 8 schools.
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 89% White by enrollment. Next come 5% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That compares with about 75% White among all Onondaga County residents. The diversity index for VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 20%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.9 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, which has 30.7. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 3.1 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 26%. The average for public schools in Onondaga County is 49%.
On the allk12 Grade, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 36% of New York public elementary schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 16.1 points below predicted: 49.4% against 65.5%.
The school's county is Onondaga County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $76,945, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 123 public schools in the county, enrolling about 67,044, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within five miles. VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 49.4% against a local average of 56.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% decline, from 522 to 488.
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Onondaga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
471,129
Census ACS
Median income
$76,945
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
67,044 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,240 students
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
- DONALD S RAY SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 494 students
Other schools in BALDWINSVILLE
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,240 students
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 848 students
- DONALD S RAY SCHOOLMiddle · 846 students
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 504 students
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 494 students
Other Van Buren Elementary schools
13 other US public schools in 10 states are named Van Buren Elementary. VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 14.
- Van Buren ElementaryPlacentia, CA · 538 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolPlainfield, IN · 514 students
- Van Buren ElementaryStockton, CA · 473 students
- Van Buren Elementary SchoolVan Buren, OH · 468 students
- VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCALDWELL, ID · 458 students
Nearby schools
- CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,240
- HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 504
- THEODORE R DURGEE JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 848
- DONALD S RAY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 846
- MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL2.1 mi · 513
- CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
Is VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.