Enrollment
305
Elementary
DISTRICT 370 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363033004074
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1784 RIDGE RD, ONTARIO CENTER, NY 14520 · (315) 524-1130 · Wayne County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
117 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 157 | 51% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 48% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 19% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp 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 are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 305 | 38.4% | 54.9% |
| MINOA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MINOA | 307 | 39.7% | 43.5% |
| DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELHI | 325 | 40.3% | 67.4% |
| BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILTON | 311 | 37.9% | 45.7% |
| ALEXANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 326 | 39.9% | 45.8% |
| WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEEDSPORT | 324 | 36.4% | 50.0% |
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 WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #967 of 2,335 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,049 of 2,342 ▼ 261 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,631 of 2,343 ▼ 768 | #3 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #1,965 of 2,585 | #13 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,782 of 2,338 | #15 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.8% | #2,148 of 2,388 | #12 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.4% | #1,734 of 2,534 | #13 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #1,213 of 1,757 | #9 of 14 |
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
305
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 305 | 22.4 | 13.6:1 | 38% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 21.9 | 13.2:1 | 37% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 20.6 | 15.0:1 | 39% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 294 | 25 | 11.8:1 | 36% (106) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 31% (104) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 36 | 10.1:1 | 38% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 372 | 32 | 11.6:1 | 27% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 18% (84) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 27 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school in ONTARIO CENTER, New York. It teaches 305 students in grades 3 through 4. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 31% lower.
WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 4 schools, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 2,031 students in all.
The share of White students at WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 90%. The remaining shares are 4% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Wayne County overall, the White share is about 88%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 18%.
Its ratio of 13.6:1 is based on 22.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 38%. Public schools in Wayne County average 47%.
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 53% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 54.9%. Predicted: 60.9%.
American Community Survey estimates for Wayne County show that median household income comes to about $74,506, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 26% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 37, with about 13,068 students.
Measured in a straight line, WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 59.8% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Federal data place WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 294 students in 2020-21 to 305 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.8:1 to 13.6:1.
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Wayne County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
90,929
Census ACS
Median income
$74,506
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
13,068 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 664 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
Other schools in ONTARIO CENTER
- WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 664 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 434 students
Nearby schools
- WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 434
- WAYNE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 664
- WAYNE CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 628
- WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 277
- WILLIAMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 270
- WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 305 students in grades 03-04.
What age range does WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 90% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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