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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYLAND-COHOCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360001101026
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2350 RT 63, WAYLAND, NY 14572 · (585) 728-3547 · Steuben County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- 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
9.8:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
270 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (95).
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WAYLAND-COHOCTON 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% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp 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 49 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
45.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 451 | 59.9% | 45.8% |
| ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAVERLY | 426 | 59.9% | 38.1% |
| TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ADDISON | 429 | 57.1% | 21.9% |
| VERNON E WIGHTMAN PRIMARY SCHOOL BATH | 486 | 61.5% | 38.5% |
| CANDOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CANDOR | 401 | 61.1% | 28.7% |
| SOUTH LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TURIN | 452 | 55.8% | 47.6% |
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 WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Steuben County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.8% | #1,347 of 2,335 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,470 of 2,342 ▼ 339 | #9 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,443 of 2,343 ▲ 152 | #7 of 14 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #1,069 of 2,585 | #4 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #385 of 2,338 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.2% | #2,331 of 2,388 | #11 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #1,164 of 2,534 | #4 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +53.4% | #41 of 606 | N/A |
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
451
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-3% since 2000-01, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 8.7:1
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 | 451 | 45.9 | 9.8:1 | 60% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 44 | 10.2:1 | 66% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 44.5 | 10.5:1 | 63% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 49 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 27 | 10.9:1 | 52% (154) |
| 2015-16 | 321 | 28 | 11.5:1 | 58% (186) |
| 2010-11 | 377 | 32 | 11.8:1 | 43% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 40 | 11.7:1 | 29% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in WAYLAND, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. It reported 451 students in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
The district, WAYLAND-COHOCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 1,294 students enrolled across 4 schools.
The share of White students at WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 96%. In Steuben County overall, the White share is about 92%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 8%.
Based on 45.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 9.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 60% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Steuben County is 51%.
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 7.2 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (45.8% actual, 53.0% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Steuben County show that the median household earns about $65,887 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Steuben County has 34 public schools with about 13,701 students, including WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, WAYLAND-COHOCTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 55.4%, higher than WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 45.8%.
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The school grew from 428 students in 2020-21 to 451 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 8.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 9.8:1.
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Steuben County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,588
Census ACS
Median income
$65,887
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAYLAND-COHOCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WAYLAND-COHOCTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 390 students
- WAYLAND-COHOCTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
- COHOCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 71 students
Other schools in WAYLAND
- WAYLAND-COHOCTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 390 students
- WAYLAND-COHOCTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 382 students
Nearby schools
- WAYLAND-COHOCTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 390
- WAYLAND-COHOCTON HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 382
- ELLIS B HYDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 339
- DANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL5.3 mi · 583
- DANSVILLE PRIMARY SCHOOL5.3 mi · 393
- COHOCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 71
Frequently asked questions
About WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 451 students in grades KG-04.
Is WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WAYLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WAYLAND-COHOCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.