Is Lyons Elementary School a good school?

Lyons Elementary School ranks in the bottom 16.2% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Lyons Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 481 students attended Lyons Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Lyons Elementary School?

Students at Lyons Elementary School are 74% White, 12% Two or more races, 7% African American, 7% Hispanic.

What schools do graduates of Lyons Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Lyons Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Lyons Middle School High : Lyons Senior High School

Lyons Elementary School

Summary:

Lyons Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 492 students in grades PK-6 in Lyons, New York, which is part of the Lyons Central School District. The school faces significant challenges, with consistently low academic performance, high poverty rates, and resource constraints compared to many of its peers.

Lyons Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 20% of New York elementary schools, with proficiency rates on state assessments that are significantly below the state averages across grades and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, the percentage of students proficient in ELA ranged from 18-32% at Lyons, compared to the state average of 42-47%. In math, proficiency rates were 24-37.5%, compared to the state average of 49-58%. The school has a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with 58.74% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in 2022-2023, which is significantly higher than the state average. Lyons Elementary also has a higher proportion of minority students, with lower performance for African American, Hispanic, and special education subgroups compared to their peers statewide.

While the nearby schools, such as La Fayette School, Sodus Elementary, and Marion Elementary, generally outperform Lyons Elementary on academic measures, the school's performance has steadily declined over the past decade, with its statewide ranking dropping from the 1,400s in 2013-2014 to the 2,000s in recent years. The lower per-student spending and higher student-teacher ratio at Lyons Elementary may contribute to its academic struggles, and addressing these resource challenges could be an important step in improving outcomes for all students.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

98 William St
Lyons, NY 14489-1550

(315) 946-2200

District: Lyons Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2050^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $9,923

Students who attend Lyons Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Lyons Middle School
High:	Lyons Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.0

Number of students: 481

Racial breakdown:

White:

74.0%

Two or more races:

12.3%

African American:

7.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 64.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lyons Elementary School ranks worse than 83.8% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.33. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (74%), two or more races (12.3%), African American (7.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 64.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lyons Elementary School is 10. (See more...)

Compare Lyons Elementary School employs 48 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lyons Elementary School is $9,923.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lyons Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lyons Elementary School 2050^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Lyons Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Lyons Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Lyons Central School District 762^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lyons Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	52.83	1287^th	2206	41.7%
2007	55.54	1205^th	2219	45.7%
2008	54.05	1261^st	2227	43.4%
2009	50.10	1398^th	2257	38.1%
2010	48.79	1320^th	2263	41.7%
2011	39.66	1526^th	2286	33.2%
2012	50.90	1297^th	2320	44.1%
2013	37.78	1474^th	2325	36.6%
2014	34.35	1610^th	2345	31.3%
2015	41.52	1405^th	2352	40.3%
2016	20.57	1982^nd	2366	16.2%
2017	12.24	2211^th	2386	7.3%
2018	9.35	2273^rd	2395	5.1%
2019	9.57	2298^th	2413	4.8%
2021	17.52	1907^th	2201	13.4%
2022	18.13	2104^th	2434	13.6%
2023	17.08	2126^th	2439	12.8%
2024	20.33	2050^th	2445	16.2%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.46	183^rd	202	9.4%
2019	16.02	159^th	180	11.7%
2021	32.10	94^th	143	34.3%
2022	28.17	203^rd	289	29.8%
2023	22.17	171^st	223	23.3%
2024	23.37	205^th	279	26.5%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.06	1889^th	1941	2.7%
2019	25.05	1580^th	1859	15.0%
2021	23.90	899^th	1044	13.9%
2022	27.72	1641^st	2031	19.2%
2023	26.47	1604^th	2016	20.4%
2024	24.65	1776^th	2110	15.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	9.20	2004^th	2045	2.0%
2019	10.01	1995^th	2032	1.8%
2021	16.63	1555^th	1678	7.3%
2022	17.18	1940^th	2099	7.6%
2023	18.96	1811^th	2041	11.3%
2024	24.19	1697^th	2078	18.3%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	16.19	698^th	730	4.4%
2022	14.65	599^th	622	3.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	8.19	2262^nd	2338	3.3%
2019	8.32	2291^st	2357	2.8%
2021	13.17	1787^th	1955	8.6%
2022	17.08	2123^rd	2401	11.6%
2023	18.79	2083^rd	2403	13.3%
2024	22.12	1995^th	2413	17.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	12.80	2179^th	2340	6.9%
2019	13.80	2154^th	2358	8.7%
2021	20.55	1661^st	1961	15.3%
2022	22.92	1965^th	2400	18.1%
2023	18.80	2064^th	2400	14.0%
2024	21.67	2019^th	2411	16.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	11.47	931^st	948	1.8%
2019	9.31	885^th	891	0.7%
2022	15.63	872^nd	936	6.8%
2023	14.09	793^rd	857	7.5%
2024	9.07	916^th	927	1.2%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	21.07	1337^th	1531	12.7%

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Rank History for White students at Lyons Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	4.45	1381^st	1408	1.9%
2019	4.80	1316^th	1338	1.6%
2021	10.73	1155^th	1224	5.6%
2022	9.18	1337^th	1399	4.4%
2023	10.43	1252^nd	1337	6.4%
2024	14.67	1252^nd	1392	10.1%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Lyons Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	596	84	1	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	695
1990	616	93	3	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	725
1991	621	102	3	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	741
1992	613	110	2	10	1	n/a	n/a	0	736
1993	606	121	2	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	749
1994	570	117	3	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	710
1995	545	109	3	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
1996	545	109	3	21	1	n/a	n/a	0	679
1997	547	114	2	24	1	n/a	n/a	0	688
1998	532	103	2	23	2	n/a	n/a	0	662
1999	503	120	2	22	1	n/a	n/a	0	648
2000	461	131	3	30	1	n/a	n/a	0	626
2001	457	120	4	24	1	n/a	n/a	0	606
2002	364	89	1	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	479
2003	364	89	1	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	479
2004	428	97	2	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	553
2005	434	109	2	27	0	n/a	n/a	0	572
2006	408	90	1	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	531
2007	413	74	1	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	518
2008	402	67	32	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	503
2009	367	100	2	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	491
2010	373	52	1	22	0	n/a	n/a	17	465
2011	405	45	1	12	0	0	14	0	477
2012	359	47	0	16	0	1	42	0	465
2013	343	41	1	25	0	1	46	0	457
2014	347	43	2	27	0	0	70	0	489
2015	373	49	3	31	0	0	76	0	532
2016	346	48	3	33	0	0	80	0	510
2017	373	58	3	34	0	0	75	0	543
2018	361	70	3	25	0	0	79	0	538
2019	359	51	3	27	0	0	76	0	516
2020	379	40	0	18	0	0	61	0	498
2021	386	31	0	16	0	0	52	0	485
2022	359	31	0	18	0	0	46	0	454
2023	379	32	0	27	0	0	54	0	492
2024	356	34	0	32	0	0	59	0	481

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Lyons Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	695	50.4	13.7	n/a
1990	725	51.0	14.2	n/a
1991	741	52.2	14.1	n/a
1992	736	47.4	15.5	n/a
1993	749	45.6	16.4	n/a
1994	710	49.6	14.3	28.2
1995	679	47.5	14.3	30.9
1996	679	47.5	14.3	30.9
1997	688	49.4	13.9	32.8
1998	662	50.5	13.1	31.7
1999	648	49.8	13.0	35
2000	626	53.5	11.7	45.8
2001	606	52.0	11.7	42.4
2002	479	32.0	15.0	47.8
2003	479	32.0	15.0	47.8
2004	553	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	572	43.4	13.2	47.9
2006	531	44.0	12.1	45.6
2007	518	46.0	11.3	62.5
2008	503	45.0	11.2	59.8
2009	491	47.0	10.4	62.5
2010	465	43.0	10.8	59.4
2011	477	61.9	7.7	58.7
2012	465	37.0	12.5	61.9
2013	457	37.0	12.3	58
2014	489	38.6	12.6	50.9
2015	532	40.0	13.3	65
2016	510	39.0	13.0	69.8
2017	543	41.9	12.9	60.4
2018	538	41.0	13.1	59.9
2019	516	42.0	12.2	59.7
2020	498	47.0	10.5	61.8
2021	485	42.1	11.5	65.6
2022	454	43.9	10.3	67.4
2023	492	45.9	10.7	58.7
2024	481	48.0	10.0	64.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Lyons Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	695	50.4	13.7	n/a
1990	725	51.0	14.2	n/a
1991	741	52.2	14.1	n/a
1992	736	47.4	15.5	n/a
1993	749	45.6	16.4	n/a
1994	710	49.6	14.3	28.2
1995	679	47.5	14.3	30.9
1996	679	47.5	14.3	30.9
1997	688	49.4	13.9	32.8
1998	662	50.5	13.1	31.7
1999	648	49.8	13.0	35
2000	626	53.5	11.7	45.8
2001	606	52.0	11.7	42.4
2002	479	32.0	15.0	47.8
2003	479	32.0	15.0	47.8
2004	553	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	572	43.4	13.2	47.9
2006	531	44.0	12.1	45.6
2007	518	46.0	11.3	62.5
2008	503	45.0	11.2	59.8
2009	491	47.0	10.4	62.5
2010	465	43.0	10.8	59.4
2011	477	61.9	7.7	58.7
2012	465	37.0	12.5	61.9
2013	457	37.0	12.3	58
2014	489	38.6	12.6	50.9
2015	532	40.0	13.3	65
2016	510	39.0	13.0	69.8
2017	543	41.9	12.9	60.4
2018	538	41.0	13.1	59.9
2019	516	42.0	12.2	59.7
2020	498	47.0	10.5	61.8
2021	485	42.1	11.5	65.6
2022	454	43.9	10.3	67.4
2023	492	45.9	10.7	58.7
2024	481	48.0	10.0	64.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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