Is Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School a good school?

Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School ranks 1171 st of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,441 students attended Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School?

Students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School are 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 2% African American, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Canandaigua Middle School High : Canandaigua Academy

Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Summary:

Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 1,475 students in grades PK-5 in the Canandaigua City School District in Canandaigua, NY. The school generally performs around the state average on New York State Assessments, with some grades and subjects exceeding the state average and others falling below.

The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with male students generally performing better than female students. Hispanic and White students also perform below the school's overall ranking. Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School has seen an increase in the percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, from 35.32% in 2021-2022 to 41.42% in 2022-2023, suggesting a growing population of economically disadvantaged students. The school's spending per student has increased from $12,792 in 2020-2021 to $14,066 in 2022-2023, indicating a commitment to investing in the education of its students.

Compared to nearby schools, Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School generally outperforms the Palmyra-Macedon and Midlakes school districts on state assessments, particularly in math. However, the school's statewide ranking has declined from 865 out of 2,386 in 2016-2017 to 1,171 out of 2,445 in 2023-2024, suggesting it may be struggling to keep pace with improvements in other New York elementary schools. The school's leadership and district should focus on addressing the performance gaps observed across different student subgroups and exploring ways to continue investing in the education of all students.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

90 W Gibson St
Canandaigua, NY 14424-1494

(585) 396-3900

District: Canandaigua City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1171^st of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,066

Students who attend Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Canandaigua Middle School
High:	Canandaigua Academy

Student/teacher ratio: 10.3

Number of students: 1,441

Racial breakdown:

White:

85.7%

Hispanic:

6.0%

Two or more races:

5.1%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 40.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School ranks better than 52.1% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 50.03. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (85.7%), Hispanic (6%), two or more races (5.1%). (See more...)

Compare Details 40.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School is 10.3. (See more...)

Compare Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School employs 138.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School is $14,066.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School 1171^st of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Canandaigua City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Canandaigua City School District 263^rd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	75.29	507^th	2206	77.0%
2007	73.68	601^st	2219	72.9%
2008	71.84	656^th	2227	70.5%
2009	68.51	773^rd	2257	65.8%
2010	64.52	881^st	2263	61.1%
2011	64.14	875^th	2286	61.7%
2012	68.15	770^th	2320	66.8%
2013	59.71	858^th	2325	63.1%
2014	58.73	925^th	2345	60.6%
2015	65.27	765^th	2352	67.5%
2016	65.37	772^nd	2366	67.4%
2017	62.09	865^th	2386	63.7%
2018	56.93	1023^rd	2395	57.3%
2019	38.60	1460^th	2413	39.5%
2021	36.64	1447^th	2201	34.3%
2022	50.69	1158^th	2434	52.4%
2023	50.31	1150^th	2439	52.8%
2024	50.03	1171^st	2445	52.1%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.82	52^nd	202	74.3%
2019	30.40	118^th	180	34.4%
2022	37.30	166^th	289	42.6%
2023	31.78	127^th	223	43.0%
2024	27.80	190^th	279	31.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	27.61	1588^th	1941	18.2%
2019	23.96	1625^th	1859	12.6%
2021	23.38	909^th	1044	12.9%
2022	31.35	1477^th	2031	27.3%
2023	35.63	1240^th	2016	38.5%
2024	38.40	1214^th	2110	42.5%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.66	1401^st	2045	31.5%
2019	22.87	1699^th	2032	16.4%
2021	27.85	1321^st	1678	21.3%
2022	33.73	1430^th	2099	31.9%
2023	30.55	1454^th	2041	28.8%
2024	33.19	1415^th	2078	31.9%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	19.81	694^th	766	9.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.95	1153^rd	2338	50.7%
2019	38.59	1447^th	2357	38.6%
2021	32.04	1407^th	1955	28.0%
2022	50.30	1173^rd	2401	51.1%
2023	50.41	1146^th	2403	52.3%
2024	46.30	1258^th	2413	47.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.73	886^th	2340	62.1%
2019	39.82	1399^th	2358	40.7%
2021	38.38	1256^th	1961	36.0%
2022	50.83	1137^th	2400	52.6%
2023	50.97	1131^st	2400	52.9%
2024	53.08	1064^th	2411	55.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.70	854^th	1392	38.6%
2019	35.06	856^th	1315	34.9%
2021	38.47	514^th	818	37.2%
2022	40.14	893^rd	1503	40.6%
2023	31.78	1023^rd	1429	28.4%
2024	39.94	892^nd	1531	41.7%

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Rank History for White students at Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	41.29	884^th	1408	37.2%
2019	25.71	1082^nd	1338	19.1%
2021	22.98	1017^th	1224	16.9%
2022	36.92	935^th	1399	33.2%
2023	37.43	877^th	1337	34.4%
2024	36.70	917^th	1392	34.1%

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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 Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	859	7	6	10	2	n/a	n/a	884
1990	811	10	6	5	0	n/a	n/a	832
1991	844	9	7	6	5	n/a	n/a	871
1992	902	10	5	7	4	n/a	n/a	928
1993	924	9	8	6	9	n/a	n/a	956
1994	989	13	9	5	3	n/a	n/a	1019
1995	1031	21	17	8	1	n/a	n/a	1078
1996	1031	21	17	8	1	n/a	n/a	1078
1997	993	17	17	7	3	n/a	n/a	1037
1998	954	19	12	10	3	n/a	n/a	998
1999	939	19	12	8	4	n/a	n/a	982
2000	950	18	7	8	4	n/a	n/a	987
2001	955	18	12	11	2	n/a	n/a	998
2002	900	24	8	4	1	n/a	n/a	937
2003	900	24	8	4	1	n/a	n/a	937
2004	859	26	8	11	1	n/a	n/a	905
2005	835	20	13	10	1	n/a	n/a	879
2006	849	20	9	14	2	n/a	n/a	894
2007	808	26	11	9	3	n/a	n/a	857
2008	829	26	10	8	1	n/a	n/a	874
2009	787	30	15	12	1	n/a	n/a	845
2010	782	26	14	18	6	n/a	n/a	846
2011	787	20	13	16	6	0	11	853
2012	776	13	6	29	3	1	22	850
2013	732	15	5	35	3	1	28	819
2014	686	16	10	36	2	0	33	783
2015	1419	23	24	71	8	0	71	1616
2016	1393	21	32	69	7	0	82	1604
2017	1382	16	30	81	3	0	69	1581
2018	1360	8	22	84	4	0	66	1544
2019	1318	11	19	89	4	0	70	1511
2020	1330	16	16	92	5	0	73	1532
2021	1243	15	15	89	3	0	69	1434
2022	1287	13	18	98	3	0	76	1495
2023	1263	17	17	100	5	0	73	1475
2024	1235	22	17	86	8	0	73	1441

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 Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	884	51.6	17.1	n/a
1990	832	55.9	14.8	n/a
1991	871	59.7	14.5	n/a
1992	928	56.9	16.3	n/a
1993	956	53.1	18.0	n/a
1994	1019	59.0	17.3	16.5
1995	1078	66.5	16.2	12.1
1996	1078	66.5	16.2	12.1
1997	1037	69.5	14.9	12.2
1998	998	61.0	16.4	13.8
1999	982	62.0	15.8	12.1
2000	987	65.6	15.0	17.4
2001	998	65.0	15.4	17.4
2002	937	64.5	14.5	16.6
2003	937	64.5	14.5	16.6
2004	905	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	879	63.2	13.9	16.3
2006	894	59.0	15.2	16.4
2007	857	58.0	14.8	20.2
2008	874	62.7	13.9	19.1
2009	845	62.0	13.6	23.3
2010	846	57.4	14.7	22.7
2011	853	60.3	14.1	25.4
2012	850	57.3	14.8	23.1
2013	819	53.8	15.1	32.1
2014	783	53.8	14.5	30.5
2015	1616	114.0	14.1	33.1
2016	1604	121.0	13.2	36.2
2017	1581	130.3	12.1	36.7
2018	1544	124.4	12.4	37.2
2019	1511	126.9	11.8	36.4
2020	1532	117.0	13.0	37.3
2021	1434	126.4	11.3	35.8
2022	1495	140.1	10.6	35.3
2023	1475	128.4	11.4	41.4
2024	1441	138.7	10.3	40.5

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 Canandaigua Primary-Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	884	51.6	17.1	n/a
1990	832	55.9	14.8	n/a
1991	871	59.7	14.5	n/a
1992	928	56.9	16.3	n/a
1993	956	53.1	18.0	n/a
1994	1019	59.0	17.3	16.5
1995	1078	66.5	16.2	12.1
1996	1078	66.5	16.2	12.1
1997	1037	69.5	14.9	12.2
1998	998	61.0	16.4	13.8
1999	982	62.0	15.8	12.1
2000	987	65.6	15.0	17.4
2001	998	65.0	15.4	17.4
2002	937	64.5	14.5	16.6
2003	937	64.5	14.5	16.6
2004	905	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	879	63.2	13.9	16.3
2006	894	59.0	15.2	16.4
2007	857	58.0	14.8	20.2
2008	874	62.7	13.9	19.1
2009	845	62.0	13.6	23.3
2010	846	57.4	14.7	22.7
2011	853	60.3	14.1	25.4
2012	850	57.3	14.8	23.1
2013	819	53.8	15.1	32.1
2014	783	53.8	14.5	30.5
2015	1616	114.0	14.1	33.1
2016	1604	121.0	13.2	36.2
2017	1581	130.3	12.1	36.7
2018	1544	124.4	12.4	37.2
2019	1511	126.9	11.8	36.4
2020	1532	117.0	13.0	37.3
2021	1434	126.4	11.3	35.8
2022	1495	140.1	10.6	35.3
2023	1475	128.4	11.4	41.4
2024	1441	138.7	10.3	40.5

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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