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How has WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 314 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIAMSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363144004205
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6036 HIGHLAND AVE, WILLIAMSON, NY 14589 · (315) 589-9668 · Wayne County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
168 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 39 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
33.0%
NY avg 58.3%
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57.
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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 396 | 42.4% | 40.8% |
| GENESEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GENESEO | 406 | 44.3% | 39.7% |
| CANAL VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPENCERPORT | 434 | 43.1% | 43.5% |
| WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 422 | 41.2% | 31.8% |
| JOHN E JOY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROME | 366 | 41.5% | 31.3% |
| PIETER B COEYMANS SCHOOL COEYMANS | 446 | 39.5% | 35.3% |
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 WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Wayne County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,575 of 2,335 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,666 of 2,342 | #6 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,058 of 2,343 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #1,387 of 2,585 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,079 of 2,338 | #11 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.3% | #1,804 of 2,388 | #6 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #1,625 of 2,534 | #11 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.5% | #1,314 of 1,757 | #10 of 14 |
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
396
-23 (-5%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 396 | 34.4 | 11.5:1 | 42% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 407 | 35.6 | 11.4:1 | 43% (174) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 34 | 12.4:1 | 48% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 31 | 13.5:1 | 48% (201) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 45% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 50% (230) |
| 2010-11 | 476 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 31% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 42 | 12.0:1 | 24% (123) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in WILLIAMSON, New York, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 396 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
In WILLIAMSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3 schools enroll a combined 943 students.
By race and ethnicity, WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 81% White. The next largest groups are 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Black. A diversity index of 33% means there is a 33% chance two randomly chosen students at WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 34.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. The school reported 42% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 23% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 59.4%. It scores 40.8%, 18.6 points below that figure.
American Community Survey estimates for Wayne County show that the median household earns about $74,506 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Wayne County has 37 public schools with about 13,068 students, including WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, WILLIAMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is behind the 54.5% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
In 2020-21, WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolled 419 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 396. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 11.5:1.
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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 WILLIAMSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 277 students
- WILLIAMSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 270 students
Other schools in WILLIAMSON
- WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 277 students
- WILLIAMSON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 270 students
Other Williamson Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Williamson Elementary. WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Williamson ElementaryRancho Cordova, CA · 489 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAMSON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 270
- WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 277
- MARION JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.2 mi · 268
- MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 335
- WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 305
- SODUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.8 mi · 345
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 11.5:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WILLIAMSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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