Enrollment
186
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363090004153
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL
5359 SCHOOL ST, WEST VALLEY, NY 14171 · (716) 942-3100 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL186 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
30 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
66 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.3%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
186
-43 (-19%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
was 7.2:1
% White
96%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 2%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is an all-grades campus of one-room-style scale in WEST VALLEY, New York, operated by WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 186 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 544 students each, so WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL sits 66% leaner than that benchmark.
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL sits inside WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Demographically, WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest looks like 3% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cattaraugus County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -16.4 points.
In the surrounding community, Cattaraugus County reports that median household income runs about $59,540, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Cattaraugus County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,228 students), WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 8.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL has edged down 19%, going from 229 students in 2018 to 186 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 7.2:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.
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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
Nearby schools
- GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL8.0 mi · 349
- SPRINGVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 497
- GRIFFITH INSTITUTE HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 501
- FRANKLINVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 279
- FRANKLINVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.0 mi · 318
- DELEVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.0 mi · 337
Frequently asked questions
About WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL?
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 186 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 6.1:1 students per teacher at WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL.
How diverse is WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL?
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Is WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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