Is Cairo-Durham Elementary School a good school?

Cairo-Durham Elementary School ranks 1115 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Cairo-Durham Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 441 students attended Cairo-Durham Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Cairo-Durham Elementary School?

Students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School are 82% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Cairo-Durham Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Cairo-Durham Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Cairo-Durham Middle School High : Cairo-Durham High School

Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Summary:

Cairo-Durham Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 439 students in grades PK-5 in the Cairo-Durham Central School District located in Cairo, New York. The school district is ranked 473 out of 865 districts in the state and is rated 2 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.

Despite the school's relatively high spending per student ($17,699 compared to the state average of $25,000) and low student-teacher ratio (8.6 students per teacher), Cairo-Durham Elementary School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York elementary schools over the past 10 years. The school's performance on state assessments is generally below the state average, with proficiency rates ranging from 31.94% to 51.9% in ELA and 48.61% to 82.5% in math, compared to state averages of 42.6% to 47.05% in ELA and 48.93% to 58.03% in math. The school also performs below nearby schools like Riccardi Elementary School, Pieter B Coeymans School, and Cahill School, which have higher proficiency rates and serve a lower percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

While Cairo-Durham Elementary has seen some variation in the performance of different student subgroups, with Hispanic students and special education students performing relatively well, the school's overall academic performance remains a concern. The high spending and low student-teacher ratio suggest that factors beyond just funding and resources may be contributing to the school's underperformance, such as curriculum, instructional practices, or other school-level factors. Further investigation into these areas may be necessary to identify the root causes and develop targeted strategies for improvement.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

424 Main St
Cairo, NY 12413-1090

(518) 622-3231

District: Cairo-Durham Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1115^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $17,699

Students who attend Cairo-Durham Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Cairo-Durham Middle School
High:	Cairo-Durham High School

Student/teacher ratio: 9.3

Number of students: 441

Racial breakdown:

White:

82.3%

Hispanic:

12.2%

Two or more races:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 58.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cairo-Durham Elementary School ranks better than 54.4% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.92. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (82.3%), Hispanic (12.2%), two or more races (3.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 58.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cairo-Durham Elementary School is 9.3. (See more...)

Compare Cairo-Durham Elementary School employs 47 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cairo-Durham Elementary School is $17,699.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cairo-Durham Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cairo-Durham Elementary School 1115^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Cairo-Durham Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Cairo-Durham Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Cairo-Durham Central School District 473^rd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cairo-Durham Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	34.93	1647^th	2206	25.3%
2007	35.51	1634^th	2219	26.4%
2008	30.48	1747^th	2227	21.6%
2009	23.21	1928^th	2257	14.6%
2010	29.29	1757^th	2263	22.4%
2011	42.05	1481^st	2286	35.2%
2012	38.48	1585^th	2320	31.7%
2013	23.40	1897^th	2325	18.4%
2014	26.32	1816^th	2345	22.6%
2015	22.86	1868^th	2352	20.6%
2016	25.76	1828^th	2366	22.7%
2017	25.35	1864^th	2386	21.9%
2018	15.27	2138^th	2395	10.7%
2019	21.42	1959^th	2413	18.8%
2021	25.71	1726^th	2201	21.6%
2022	26.84	1857^th	2434	23.7%
2023	37.10	1522^nd	2439	37.6%
2024	51.92	1115^th	2445	54.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2021	25.32	107^th	143	25.2%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.68	1881^st	1941	3.1%
2019	28.25	1427^th	1859	23.2%
2021	40.23	578^th	1044	44.6%
2022	25.53	1733^rd	2031	14.7%
2023	35.24	1258^th	2016	37.6%
2024	58.32	616^th	2110	70.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	20.50	1816^th	2045	11.2%
2019	22.24	1721^st	2032	15.3%
2021	24.68	1399^th	1678	16.6%
2022	23.20	1782^nd	2099	15.1%
2023	34.60	1324^th	2041	35.1%
2024	44.37	1063^rd	2078	48.8%

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Rank History for Female students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	18.37	2058^th	2338	12.0%
2019	23.36	1905^th	2357	19.2%
2021	31.54	1423^rd	1955	27.2%
2022	21.85	1987^th	2401	17.2%
2023	25.37	1876^th	2403	21.9%
2024	52.30	1092^nd	2413	54.7%

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Rank History for Male students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	14.53	2149^th	2340	8.2%
2019	19.99	1980^th	2358	16.0%
2021	19.61	1678^th	1961	14.4%
2022	34.12	1630^th	2400	32.1%
2023	48.23	1195^th	2400	50.2%
2024	51.41	1114^th	2411	53.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	17.20	1269^th	1392	8.8%
2019	30.84	931^st	1315	29.2%
2022	54.72	593^rd	1503	60.5%
2023	48.07	690^th	1429	51.7%
2024	47.28	731^st	1531	52.3%

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Rank History for White students at Cairo-Durham Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	7.07	1362^nd	1408	3.3%
2019	9.63	1276^th	1338	4.6%
2021	15.96	1102^nd	1224	10.0%
2022	14.49	1267^th	1399	9.4%
2023	23.29	1079^th	1337	19.3%
2024	38.41	880^th	1392	36.8%

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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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by a parent
Sunday, December 5, 2010

My niece came to live with me this year in NH. She came from Cairo Elementary School where she was supposedly doing well and reading at grade level. She entered the 4th grade here and we discovered that she was so far behind academically and she is needing a lot of extra help to catch up to the other kids. Tutoring and the school's reading program on a daily basis are helping but she is still below average. Way to go Cairo!! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Cairo-Durham Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	513	1	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	524
1990	538	2	5	12	2	n/a	n/a	0	559
1991	569	1	4	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	584
1992	588	1	6	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	610
1993	614	1	4	14	4	n/a	n/a	0	637
1994	658	1	2	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	680
1995	650	9	2	40	3	n/a	n/a	0	704
1996	650	9	2	40	3	n/a	n/a	0	704
1997	574	7	4	25	7	n/a	n/a	0	617
1998	584	10	3	24	6	n/a	n/a	0	627
1999	580	18	2	22	5	n/a	n/a	0	627
2000	550	14	4	28	6	n/a	n/a	0	602
2001	532	23	3	29	5	n/a	n/a	0	592
2002	559	13	4	12	3	n/a	n/a	0	591
2003	559	13	4	12	3	n/a	n/a	0	591
2004	534	12	6	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
2005	511	10	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	530
2006	457	35	2	37	2	n/a	n/a	0	533
2007	442	11	2	13	0	n/a	n/a	39	507
2008	435	40	4	29	3	n/a	n/a	0	511
2009	418	34	4	25	3	n/a	n/a	0	484
2010	368	26	3	24	3	n/a	n/a	0	424
2011	349	7	4	45	0	0	27	0	432
2012	362	7	3	52	0	1	26	0	451
2013	341	5	3	47	2	1	15	0	414
2014	222	5	0	25	1	0	10	0	263
2015	455	7	4	37	1	0	23	0	527
2016	477	8	7	29	2	0	25	0	548
2017	461	10	6	39	2	0	28	0	546
2018	460	5	6	41	1	0	29	0	542
2019	471	6	5	46	1	0	32	0	561
2020	438	7	5	45	1	0	38	0	534
2021	385	5	6	45	1	0	31	0	473
2022	373	3	5	46	1	0	23	0	451
2023	367	3	6	47	0	0	16	0	439
2024	363	3	6	54	0	0	15	0	441

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 Cairo-Durham Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	524	40.3	13.0	n/a
1990	559	31.9	17.5	n/a
1991	584	34.5	16.9	n/a
1992	610	35.6	17.1	n/a
1993	637	33.1	19.2	n/a
1994	680	35.1	19.4	17.6
1995	704	39.5	17.8	33.1
1996	704	39.5	17.8	33.1
1997	617	34.8	17.7	34
1998	627	34.0	18.4	34.1
1999	627	36.6	17.1	44.7
2000	602	42.3	14.2	44.7
2001	592	42.9	13.8	36.8
2002	591	38.0	15.6	39.6
2003	591	38.0	15.6	39.6
2004	566	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	530	39.9	13.3	38.7
2006	533	44.0	12.1	40.5
2007	507	39.0	13.0	44.7
2008	511	37.0	13.8	38
2009	484	41.0	11.8	39.7
2010	424	40.0	10.6	42.2
2011	432	42.6	10.1	45.6
2012	451	35.0	12.8	46.6
2013	414	32.0	12.9	49
2014	263	20.0	13.1	51.3
2015	527	43.0	12.2	49.7
2016	548	47.0	11.6	61.1
2017	546	46.3	11.7	48.4
2018	542	45.0	12.0	35.6
2019	561	45.0	12.4	53.3
2020	534	45.0	11.8	51.7
2021	473	48.0	9.8	57.5
2022	451	46.8	9.6	53.9
2023	439	51.0	8.6	59.7
2024	441	47.0	9.3	58.7

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 Cairo-Durham Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	524	40.3	13.0	n/a
1990	559	31.9	17.5	n/a
1991	584	34.5	16.9	n/a
1992	610	35.6	17.1	n/a
1993	637	33.1	19.2	n/a
1994	680	35.1	19.4	17.6
1995	704	39.5	17.8	33.1
1996	704	39.5	17.8	33.1
1997	617	34.8	17.7	34
1998	627	34.0	18.4	34.1
1999	627	36.6	17.1	44.7
2000	602	42.3	14.2	44.7
2001	592	42.9	13.8	36.8
2002	591	38.0	15.6	39.6
2003	591	38.0	15.6	39.6
2004	566	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	530	39.9	13.3	38.7
2006	533	44.0	12.1	40.5
2007	507	39.0	13.0	44.7
2008	511	37.0	13.8	38
2009	484	41.0	11.8	39.7
2010	424	40.0	10.6	42.2
2011	432	42.6	10.1	45.6
2012	451	35.0	12.8	46.6
2013	414	32.0	12.9	49
2014	263	20.0	13.1	51.3
2015	527	43.0	12.2	49.7
2016	548	47.0	11.6	61.1
2017	546	46.3	11.7	48.4
2018	542	45.0	12.0	35.6
2019	561	45.0	12.4	53.3
2020	534	45.0	11.8	51.7
2021	473	48.0	9.8	57.5
2022	451	46.8	9.6	53.9
2023	439	51.0	8.6	59.7
2024	441	47.0	9.3	58.7

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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