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Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARATHON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361845001660
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
24 ALBRO RD, MARATHON, NY 13803 · (607) 849-3281 · Cortland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
10.8:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
207 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 36 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 44 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (44).
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 4% · 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
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within MARATHON 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 378 | 54.8% | 46.1% |
| SANDY CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANDY CREEK | 379 | 54.4% | 41.8% |
| HASTINGS MALLORY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTRAL SQUARE | 407 | 56.3% | 40.1% |
| CUBA-RUSHFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUBA | 363 | 53.4% | 56.7% |
| PULASKI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PULASKI | 422 | 55.9% | 41.0% |
| MANNSVILLE MANOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MANNSVILLE | 338 | 54.7% | 49.0% |
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 WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cortland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,336 of 2,335 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,862 of 2,342 ▼ 875 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,429 of 2,343 ▼ 180 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #1,500 of 2,585 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #745 of 2,338 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 3.1% | #2,380 of 2,388 | #6 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.8% | #1,275 of 2,534 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #1,118 of 1,757 | N/A |
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
378
+31 (+9%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 529
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 378 | 35 | 10.8:1 | 55% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 404 | 38 | 10.6:1 | 51% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 406 | 42.1 | 9.6:1 | 51% (206) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 39 | 8.9:1 | 52% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 422 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 57% (240) |
| 2015-16 | 419 | 35 | 12.0:1 | 59% (249) |
| 2010-11 | 394 | 37 | 10.7:1 | 48% (189) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 37% (218) |
| 1990-91 | 529 | 33 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school found in MARATHON, New York. Students in pre-K through 6 attend, and enrollment is 378 students.
MARATHON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools; together they serve 673 students.
About 98% of the student body at WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White. By comparison, Cortland County residents are about 90% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 3% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.8:1, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Lunch subsidy eligibility at WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 55%.
The allk12 Grade for WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 41% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is -8.7 points: 46.1% actual, 54.9% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Cortland County, the median household income is $70,418, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. In all, Cortland County has 17 public schools and roughly 5,381 students.
Of nearby public schools, MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.0 miles. WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 7th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Federal data show a 9% enrollment gain, from 347 in 2020-21 to 378 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 10.8:1, from 8.9:1.
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Cortland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,246
Census ACS
Median income
$70,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARATHON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARATHON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 295 students
Nearby schools
- MARATHON HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 295
- CARYL E ADAMS PRIMARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 453
- WHITNEY POINT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.7 mi · 393
- TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY9.1 mi · 528
- CINCINNATUS MIDDLE SCHOOL9.4 mi · 125
- CINCINNATUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.4 mi · 190
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-06.
Is WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAM APPLEBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MARATHON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cortland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.