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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 535 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363078004152
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
675 POTTERS RD, WEST SENECA, NY 14224 · (716) 677-3580 · Erie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% 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.
- FBeats 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
10.1:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
174 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 35 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 422 | 41.2% | 31.8% |
| CANAL VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPENCERPORT | 434 | 43.1% | 43.5% |
| PIETER B COEYMANS SCHOOL COEYMANS | 446 | 39.5% | 35.3% |
| ALBERTUS W BECKER SCHOOL SELKIRK | 389 | 39.1% | 42.4% |
| FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CORNING | 399 | 40.4% | 64.9% |
| WILLIAMSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WILLIAMSON | 396 | 42.4% | 40.8% |
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 WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #1,960 of 2,335 | #76 of 115 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,896 of 2,342 ▲ 94 | #74 of 115 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,814 of 2,343 ▲ 166 | #72 of 115 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #1,248 of 2,585 | #74 of 123 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #486 of 2,338 | #27 of 119 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.5% | #1,710 of 2,388 | #70 of 119 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.2% | #1,660 of 2,534 | #65 of 122 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.4% | #198 of 606 | #13 of 43 |
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
422
+35 (+9%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 422 | 41.6 | 10.1:1 | 41% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 43.4 | 9.9:1 | 48% (205) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 40.1 | 11.3:1 | 47% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 49% (191) |
| 2017-18 | 369 | 22 | 16.8:1 | 60% (221) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 27 | 16.6:1 | 59% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 29 | 11.7:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 26 | 14.3:1 | 38% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 26 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school in WEST SENECA, New York. The school enrolls 422 students in pre-K through 5.
WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 5,870 students, and its 9 schools include WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of White students at WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 79%, a majority. The school is also 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 2% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 36%.
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reported 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 10.1:1. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. Roughly 41% of students at WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 51% average for public schools in Erie County.
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 28.0 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 31.8%, compared with a predicted 59.8%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in New York.
Looking at the county, Erie County, median household income comes to about $72,839, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 226 public schools and about 122,519 students.
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.9 miles from WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 45.0% on proficiency, and WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 31.8%.
The federal government classifies WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 9% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 12.1:1 to 10.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
Other schools in WEST SENECA
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,069 students
- WEST SENECA EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 779 students
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 778 students
- WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 680 students
- CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 629 students
- EAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 567 students
Nearby schools
- WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,069
- DISCOVERY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 541
- ERIE 1 BOCES1.1 mi · 488
- WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 778
- GLOBAL CONCEPTS CHARTER SCHOOL1.3 mi · 878
- LACKAWANNA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
How diverse is WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 79% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WINCHESTER-POTTERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
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