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
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of New York public K-12 schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 K-12 schools
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 5 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 6% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 18 | 10% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 16 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 13 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 16 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (18).
Student demographics
7%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.3% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 47.3% |
% 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
45.5%
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 →
Schools most like WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 186 | 35.5% | 45.5% |
| ANDOVER SCHOOL ANDOVER | 239 | 35.1% | 43.6% |
| DOWNSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DOWNSVILLE | 219 | 34.2% | 61.0% |
| SCHENEVUS CENTRAL SCHOOL SCHENEVUS | 244 | 38.9% | 50.7% |
| JOHNSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL NORTH CREEK | 244 | 38.9% | 45.5% |
| BOLTON CENTRAL SCHOOL BOLTON LANDING | 164 | 30.5% | 70.7% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #75 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #90 of 101 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #70 of 101 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 186 | #156 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.5% | #120 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #31 of 95 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
186
-12 (-6%) vs 2020
-63% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
6.1:1
was 6.6:1
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 | 186 | 30.4 | 6.1:1 | 35% (66) |
| 2023-24 | 204 | 28.1 | 7.3:1 | 38% (77) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 28.1 | 7.6:1 | 46% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 198 | 30 | 6.6:1 | 35% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 32 | 7.2:1 | 49% (113) |
| 2015-16 | 263 | 31 | 8.5:1 | 38% (101) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 36 | 9.7:1 | 37% (129) |
| 2000-01 | 520 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 34% (177) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is a small combined-grade school with its address in WEST VALLEY, New York. Grades offered run from pre-K through 12, with 186 students enrolled. For comparison, combined schools in New York average about 544 students.
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is a school in WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
White students make up 96% of enrollment at WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 7% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL total 30.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 6.1:1. That is 2.6 students per teacher below the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 35%. Among public schools in Cattaraugus County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 21% of New York public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 45.5% actual against 61.9% predicted.
Census Bureau estimates for Cattaraugus County show that the median household income is $59,540, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in the county.
Nearest public school: GRIFFITH INSTITUTE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 8.0 miles away. Within ten miles are 6 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WEST VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 186, a 6% decrease from 198 in 2020-21.
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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
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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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