Enrollment
324
Elementary
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363042004094
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8954 JACKSON ST, WEEDSPORT, NY 13166 · (315) 834-6685 · Cayuga County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL324 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% 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
13.8:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
118 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 34 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within WEEDSPORT 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 324 | 36.4% | 50.0% |
| GEYSER ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARATOGA SPRINGS | 337 | 37.1% | 56.9% |
| AVON PRIMARY SCHOOL AVON | 316 | 37.7% | 55.2% |
| SAUQUOIT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAUQUOIT | 327 | 34.6% | 53.6% |
| COMO PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LANCASTER | 352 | 36.1% | 57.8% |
| WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONTARIO CENTER | 305 | 38.4% | 54.9% |
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 WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cayuga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,167 of 2,335 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,302 of 2,342 ▼ 140 | #4 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,276 of 2,343 ▼ 19 | #3 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 324 | #1,848 of 2,585 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,830 of 2,338 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.9% | #2,042 of 2,388 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.4% | #1,798 of 2,534 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.9% | #375 of 1,757 | #1 of 9 |
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
324
-44 (-12%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 324 | 23.5 | 13.8:1 | 36% (118) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 27.5 | 12.2:1 | 38% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 26.5 | 12.4:1 | 40% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 36% (133) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 32% (140) |
| 2015-16 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 32% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 25% (114) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 30 | 14.4:1 | 21% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 517 | 29 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in WEEDSPORT, New York. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 324 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 27% smaller than average.
WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 2 schools and 698 students.
The large majority of students at WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 87%, are White. Next come 6% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. County-wide, about 88% of residents are White. WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 23%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 23.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.8:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 50% for public schools in Cayuga County.
allk12 grades WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 11.6 points below predicted: 50.0% against 61.6%.
Cayuga County has about 75,102 residents, and median household income is about $67,904, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 22 public schools in Cayuga County, with a combined enrollment of about 8,576.
The closest other public school is WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 50.0% is above the 47.7% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 12%, from 368 to 324. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.7 to 13.8 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Cayuga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,102
Census ACS
Median income
$67,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,576 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 374 students
Nearby schools
- WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 374
- A A GATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 447
- PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 345
- JORDAN-ELBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 336
- JORDAN-ELBRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 409
- ELBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 324 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.8:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 87% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.