Enrollment
185
Elementary
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361536001296
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL
4650 WOODCHUCK RD, EAST AURORA, NY 14052 · (716) 652-3000 · Erie County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% 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.
- 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
12.4:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
41 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 30 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 2% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL→IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL→IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL→IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within IROQUOIS 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
52.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL this school | 185 | 22.2% | 52.9% |
| DEFOREST A HILL PRIMARY SCHOOL WESTMORELAND | 185 | 17.8% | N/A |
| WESTMORELAND UPPER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTMORELAND | 230 | 25.7% | 70.6% |
| REMSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL REMSEN | 217 | 28.1% | 41.5% |
| EDWARD J ARTHUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATHENS | 177 | 27.1% | 44.9% |
| GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLAYTON | 243 | 23.9% | 44.2% |
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 WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #1,052 of 2,335 | #44 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,039 of 2,342 ▼ 140 | #42 of 115 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,617 of 2,343 ▼ 486 | #64 of 115 ▼ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #2,420 of 2,585 | #120 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.2% | #2,175 of 2,534 | #100 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #466 of 1,757 | #16 of 68 |
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
185
-31 (-14%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 267
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 185 | 14.9 | 12.4:1 | 22% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 224 | 17.5 | 12.8:1 | 25% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 224 | 17.6 | 12.7:1 | 20% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 216 | 22 | 9.8:1 | 23% (49) |
| 2017-18 | 244 | 25 | 9.8:1 | 29% (71) |
| 2015-16 | 233 | 22 | 10.6:1 | 25% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 201 | 17 | 11.8:1 | 21% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 261 | 18 | 14.5:1 | 7% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 267 | 15 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL.
About WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL sits in EAST AURORA, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. It teaches 185 students in pre-K through 3. That is 58% below the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
Federal data list 6 schools in IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,073 students enrolled.
At WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL, 95% of students are White. Smaller groups are 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Erie County is roughly 74% White. The diversity index for WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL is 10%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL has 14.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.4:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 22% at WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL. The rate at public schools in Erie County averages 51%, higher than here.
Among New York public elementary schools, WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
In New York, WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 52.9% actual against a predicted 66.8%.
Census data for Erie County show the median household earns about $72,839 a year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL, Erie County has 226 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL is closest to EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 5.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL places 9th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Distant.
Enrollment decreased 14% over 4 years, reaching 185 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 9.8:1 in 2020-21 to 12.4:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 628 students
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 478 students
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
Other schools in EAST AURORA
- PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 704 students
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 542 students
- EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 504 students
Nearby schools
- EAST AURORA MIDDLE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 504
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL5.6 mi · 221
- EAST AURORA HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 542
- PARKDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 704
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.6 mi · 628
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL6.6 mi · 301
Frequently asked questions
About WALES PRIMARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL?
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades PK-03.
Is WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
How many teachers does WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL have?
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL?
WALES PRIMARY SCHOOL is overseen by IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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