Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 309 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363195004278
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2578 GENESEE ST, RETSOF, NY 14539 · (585) 243-1730 · Livingston County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
133 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
30.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-22.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 57% 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 YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 275 | 48.4% | 34.3% |
| SALEM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SALEM | 295 | 49.2% | 48.0% |
| OXFORD ACADEMY PRIMARY SCHOOL OXFORD | 275 | 46.2% | 33.7% |
| CALVIN U SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PAINTED POST | 262 | 50.0% | 53.5% |
| ROUSES POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROUSES POINT | 259 | 49.0% | 58.6% |
| MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MCGRAW | 264 | 50.4% | 45.5% |
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 YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Livingston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,870 of 2,335 | #6 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,784 of 2,342 ▲ 25 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,131 of 2,343 ▼ 136 | #8 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #2,128 of 2,585 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.2:1 | #75 of 2,338 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #2,214 of 2,388 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #1,463 of 2,534 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.7% | #449 of 1,757 | #1 of 6 |
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
275
-29 (-10%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 622
Student : Teacher
8.2:1
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 | 275 | 33.6 | 8.2:1 | 48% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 274 | 31.9 | 8.6:1 | 51% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 279 | 36.7 | 7.6:1 | 58% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 34 | 8.9:1 | 51% (154) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 35 | 10.4:1 | 45% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 46% (169) |
| 2010-11 | 336 | 35 | 9.6:1 | 40% (134) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 30% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 622 | 47 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in RETSOF, New York, as a low-enrollment elementary school. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 275 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It runs 2 schools with 618 students.
A large majority of enrollment at YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 92%. After that, the student body is 5% Hispanic. Among Livingston County residents, the White share is about 89%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 14%.
Teacher count: 33.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 8.2:1. Compared with the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 48%.
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 13% of New York public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 34.3%, is 22.9 points below the 57.2% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
Livingston County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $74,001 a year, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Livingston County number 21, with about 7,217 students.
YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL sits less than a tenth of a mile from YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, 3 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th among 9 schools close by.
For locale, NCES codes YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Distant.
The school's student count decreased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Livingston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,498
Census ACS
Median income
$74,001
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,217 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 343 students
Nearby schools
- YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 343
- GENESEO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 406
- GENESEO MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL4.4 mi · 467
- D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.8 mi · 295
- PAVILION JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 331
- MOUNT MORRIS MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.2 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.2:1 students per teacher at YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 92% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
YORK CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by YORK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.