Best Public Schools in West Leyden, NY

Summary:

The city of West Leyden, New York has only one school, West Leyden Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and has a total enrollment of 123 students. The school is part of the Adirondack Central School District.

West Leyden Elementary School has a predominantly white student population, with 96.75% of students identifying as white. The school's academic performance is mixed, with students performing better than the district and state averages in mathematics, but lagging behind in English Language Arts. The school's English Language Arts proficiency rates range from 18.75% to 47.62% across grades 3-5, compared to the district's 26.09% to 42.5% and the state's 44.89% to 48.79%. In mathematics, the school's proficiency rates range from 18.75% to 66.67%, outperforming the district's 52.86% to 58.97% and the state's 49.69% to 53.85%.

Despite the school's relatively high per-student spending of $15,528, its overall performance has been declining, with the school's SchoolDigger ranking dropping from 1718 out of 2201 schools in 2020-2021 to 1392 out of 2439 schools in 2022-2023, and its rating decreasing from 1 to 2 stars over the same period. This suggests that the school may need to optimize its resources and strategies to better support student learning and achievement, particularly in the area of English Language Arts.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2023)				Ranking (2022)				NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2023)			NY State Assessments Math (2023)			% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Measles (2020)	% Mumps (2020)	% Rubella (2020)	% Diphtheria (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	SchoolDigger Rating (2023)	Average Standard Score (2022)	Statewide Rank (2022)	State Percentile (2022)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	% Completely Immunized All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Diphtheria All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
West Leyden Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1157 Fish Creek Rd	West Leyden	13489	Lewis County	Adirondack Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 942-9280	123	9	13.4	48.8%	119 (96.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.3%)	41.8	1392^nd of 2439 public elementary schools	42.9%		24.7	1913^th of 2434 public elementary schools	21.4%	521	33.3	47.6	18.8	66.7	66.7	18.8	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	$15,528	$00	$15,528

Cities Near West Leyden

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Boonville	9.12 mi	3	448^th
Taberg	11.19 mi	1
Rome	12.36 mi	10	704^th
Turin	13.18 mi	3	368^th
Camden	14.19 mi	3	563^rd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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