Enrollment
284
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362172003083
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1626 WASHINGTON ST, OLEAN, NY 14760 · (716) 375-8962 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES PK–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL284 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
200 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 | 28 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 27% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
28.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 25.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
33.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (33.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 284 | 70.4% | 33.3% |
| WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTFIELD | 288 | 72.6% | 52.7% |
| PARK TERRACE SCHOOL GLOVERSVILLE | 290 | 76.6% | N/A |
| OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST JOHNSVILLE | 346 | 67.3% | 39.0% |
| OAK STREET SCHOOL PLATTSBURGH | 218 | 72.0% | 33.8% |
| PERRY BROWNE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL NORWICH | 341 | 64.5% | 32.2% |
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 WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,907 of 2,335 | #10 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,696 of 2,342 ▲ 130 | #9 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #2,160 of 2,343 ▼ 130 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 284 | #2,081 of 2,585 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #191 of 2,338 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.6% | #1,967 of 2,388 | #3 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.4% | #975 of 2,534 | #2 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #1,642 of 1,757 | #10 of 10 |
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
284
-15 (-5%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 284 | 31.2 | 9.1:1 | 70% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 28 | 10.9:1 | 55% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 304 | 15.6 | 19.5:1 | 57% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 30 | 10.0:1 | 60% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 291 | 29 | 10.0:1 | 59% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 68% (209) |
| 2010-11 | 387 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 55% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 244 | 12 | 20.3:1 | 55% (135) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 20 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in New York, with an address in OLEAN. The school offers pre-K through 3 and enrolls 284 students. That puts enrollment 36% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the 4 schools that make up OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,833 students in total).
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 85% White by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Cattaraugus County, where about 89% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 27%.
Its ratio of 9.1:1 is based on 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 3.7 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 70%. The rate at public schools in Cattaraugus County averages 50%, lower than here.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 49.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.3%.
Census data for Cattaraugus County show median household income comes to about $59,540, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. There are 31 public schools in the county, enrolling about 11,228, WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 6 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 52.4% proficiency; WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 33.3%.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% decline, from 299 to 284.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 668 students
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 534 students
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
Other schools in OLEAN
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 668 students
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 534 students
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCESCombined · 452 students
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
Other Washington West Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Washington West Elementary. WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Washington West ElementaryWashington, MO · 399 students
Nearby schools
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 534
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 668
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 347
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 466
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES2.4 mi · 452
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL4.5 mi · 562
Frequently asked questions
About WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 284 students in grades PK-03.
Is WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 85% White, 2% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of OLEAN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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