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
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
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Based on grade levels within WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
305
-30 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.9:1
% White
90%
was 93%
% Hispanic
4%
was 4%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Set in ONTARIO CENTER, New York, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized K-5 school, one of the schools within WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 305 students across grades 3 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 31% below the state mean of about 443.
WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,031 students. WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.9%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of -6.0 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Wayne County shows median household earnings sit near $74,506, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 13,068 students).
Nearest neighbor: WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Trend over the last 7 years. WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 335 (now 305).
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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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