Is Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School a good school?

Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School ranks in the bottom 24.6% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 643 students attended Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School?

Students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School are 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 1% African American.

What schools do graduates of Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Hamburg Middle School High : Hamburg High School

Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Summary:

Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 643 students in grades K-5 in the Hamburg Central School District in Hamburg, NY. The school has struggled academically in recent years, dropping from a 4-star rating and top 25% ranking among New York elementary schools in 2015-2016 to its current 1-star rating and ranking in the bottom 25% for the 2023-2024 school year.

Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary consistently underperforms the district and state on proficiency rates for the New York State Assessments, with only 30-40% of students meeting grade-level standards in English Language Arts and 26-41% in Math. The school also struggles to support the academic achievement of several student subgroups, ranking in the bottom 25% of New York elementary schools for female students, male students, white students, special education students, and low socioeconomic status students. Additionally, the school has a relatively high percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 20-22.55% over the past three school years.

When compared to neighboring schools in the Hamburg Central School District, such as Boston Valley Elementary, Armor Elementary, and Charlotte Avenue Elementary, Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary consistently underperforms. The performance gap is even more pronounced when compared to schools in the higher-performing Orchard Park Central School District and Eden Central School District, such as Windom Elementary in Orchard Park, which had proficiency rates over 20 percentage points higher than Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary in several subject areas.

Detail:

Public K-5

150 Pleasant Ave
Hamburg, NY 14075-4828

(716) 646-3280

District: Hamburg Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1844^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,050

Students who attend Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Hamburg Middle School
High:	Hamburg High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.7

Number of students: 643

Racial breakdown:

White:

91.3%

Hispanic:

3.6%

Two or more races:

3.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 22.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School ranks worse than 75.4% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Hamburg Central School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.98. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Hamburg Central School District. Racial makeup is: White (91.3%), Hispanic (3.6%), two or more races (3.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 22.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School is 13.7, which is the 2^nd best among 4 elementary schools in the Hamburg Central School District. (See more...)

Compare Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School employs 46.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School is $15,050, which is the 2^nd highest among 4 elementary schools in the Hamburg Central School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School 1844^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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Low Socio Economic Status students:

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Hamburg Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Hamburg Central School District 458^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	74.94	525^th	2206	76.2%
2007	72.53	645^th	2219	70.9%
2008	66.80	859^th	2227	61.4%
2009	75.19	495^th	2257	78.1%
2010	75.80	499^th	2263	77.9%
2011	76.61	481^st	2286	79.0%
2012	79.60	402^nd	2320	82.7%
2013	76.97	444^th	2325	80.9%
2014	75.21	514^th	2345	78.1%
2015	67.86	697^th	2352	70.4%
2016	76.99	473^rd	2366	80.0%
2017	69.45	683^rd	2386	71.4%
2018	58.98	973^rd	2395	59.4%
2019	53.10	1089^th	2413	54.9%
2021	36.94	1441^st	2201	34.5%
2022	36.44	1576^th	2434	35.3%
2023	30.16	1745^th	2439	28.5%
2024	26.98	1844^th	2445	24.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	61.25	491^st	1941	74.7%
2019	61.97	417^th	1859	77.6%
2021	36.38	658^th	1044	37.0%
2022	38.34	1181^st	2031	41.9%
2023	29.86	1460^th	2016	27.6%
2024	37.15	1250^th	2110	40.8%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.87	1456^th	2045	28.8%
2019	44.62	1032^nd	2032	49.2%
2021	40.00	1034^th	1678	38.4%
2022	28.04	1625^th	2099	22.6%
2023	20.18	1781^st	2041	12.7%
2024	17.57	1893^rd	2078	8.9%

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Rank History for Female students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	59.60	955^th	2338	59.2%
2019	51.30	1117^th	2357	52.6%
2021	38.16	1252^nd	1955	36.0%
2022	34.91	1618^th	2401	32.6%
2023	32.88	1643^rd	2403	31.6%
2024	25.31	1894^th	2413	21.5%

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Rank History for Male students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	58.01	949^th	2340	59.4%
2019	55.33	999^th	2358	57.6%
2021	33.77	1369^th	1961	30.2%
2022	38.64	1489^th	2400	38.0%
2023	28.95	1764^th	2400	26.5%
2024	30.68	1731^st	2411	28.2%

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Rank History for White students at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.85	811^th	1408	42.4%
2019	41.65	814^th	1338	39.2%
2021	23.40	1014^th	1224	17.2%
2022	22.79	1158^th	1399	17.2%
2023	19.31	1141^st	1337	14.7%
2024	12.90	1278^th	1392	8.2%

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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 Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	909	3	7	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	920
1990	900	2	5	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	908
1991	915	2	2	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	926
1992	910	5	4	5	0	n/a	n/a	0	924
1993	906	4	3	4	1	n/a	n/a	0	918
1994	866	7	7	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	882
1995	888	6	5	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	903
1996	888	6	5	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	903
1997	856	5	3	1	4	n/a	n/a	0	869
1998	720	6	4	2	2	n/a	n/a	0	734
1999	750	1	8	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	763
2000	734	5	3	3	1	n/a	n/a	0	746
2001	749	4	5	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	760
2002	736	6	10	8	3	n/a	n/a	0	763
2003	736	6	10	8	3	n/a	n/a	0	763
2004	719	8	14	5	2	n/a	n/a	0	748
2005	679	10	15	4	2	n/a	n/a	0	710
2006	688	7	8	3	6	n/a	n/a	0	712
2007	714	5	4	8	4	n/a	n/a	0	735
2008	737	10	3	6	6	n/a	n/a	0	762
2009	729	6	2	6	3	n/a	n/a	3	749
2010	720	5	3	7	0	n/a	n/a	4	739
2011	675	5	4	8	2	0	20	0	714
2012	651	2	5	15	2	0	20	0	695
2013	606	3	2	12	2	0	20	0	645
2014	602	5	3	14	2	0	21	0	647
2015	573	4	2	18	2	0	23	0	622
2016	531	7	3	16	2	0	18	0	577
2017	556	5	1	18	0	2	14	0	596
2018	544	6	2	14	0	2	15	0	583
2019	569	4	4	18	0	2	16	0	613
2020	596	9	2	13	0	2	17	0	639
2021	546	5	0	17	0	3	14	0	585
2022	570	5	0	13	1	1	20	0	610
2023	587	9	0	23	1	1	22	0	643

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	920	54.1	17.0	n/a
1990	908	54.5	16.6	n/a
1991	926	55.5	16.6	n/a
1992	924	52.9	17.4	n/a
1993	918	54.1	17.0	n/a
1994	882	53.7	16.4	11.2
1995	903	53.1	17.0	9.7
1996	903	53.1	17.0	9.7
1997	869	51.2	17.0	10.7
1998	734	49.3	14.9	14
1999	763	52.7	14.5	12.7
2000	746	50.6	14.7	17.4
2001	760	53.5	14.2	14.7
2002	763	54.1	14.1	15.2
2003	763	54.1	14.1	15.2
2004	748	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	710	54.3	13.1	18.3
2006	712	55.0	12.9	18.5
2007	735	54.0	13.6	17
2008	762	56.0	13.6	17.6
2009	749	56.0	13.4	15.7
2010	739	57.6	12.8	18.8
2011	714	55.5	12.8	17.8
2012	695	53.0	13.1	18.8
2013	645	51.0	12.6	20.8
2014	647	46.0	14.0	14.4
2015	622	43.0	14.4	20.4
2016	577	44.0	13.1	20.6
2017	596	47.0	12.6	18.1
2018	583	45.2	12.8	20.6
2019	613	48.0	12.7	22.8
2020	639	46.0	13.8	23.2
2021	585	43.7	13.3	21.2
2022	610	45.8	13.3	20
2023	643	46.7	13.7	22.6

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 Union Pleasant Avenue Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	920	54.1	17.0	n/a
1990	908	54.5	16.6	n/a
1991	926	55.5	16.6	n/a
1992	924	52.9	17.4	n/a
1993	918	54.1	17.0	n/a
1994	882	53.7	16.4	11.2
1995	903	53.1	17.0	9.7
1996	903	53.1	17.0	9.7
1997	869	51.2	17.0	10.7
1998	734	49.3	14.9	14
1999	763	52.7	14.5	12.7
2000	746	50.6	14.7	17.4
2001	760	53.5	14.2	14.7
2002	763	54.1	14.1	15.2
2003	763	54.1	14.1	15.2
2004	748	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	710	54.3	13.1	18.3
2006	712	55.0	12.9	18.5
2007	735	54.0	13.6	17
2008	762	56.0	13.6	17.6
2009	749	56.0	13.4	15.7
2010	739	57.6	12.8	18.8
2011	714	55.5	12.8	17.8
2012	695	53.0	13.1	18.8
2013	645	51.0	12.6	20.8
2014	647	46.0	14.0	14.4
2015	622	43.0	14.4	20.4
2016	577	44.0	13.1	20.6
2017	596	47.0	12.6	18.1
2018	583	45.2	12.8	20.6
2019	613	48.0	12.7	22.8
2020	639	46.0	13.8	23.2
2021	585	43.7	13.3	21.2
2022	610	45.8	13.3	20
2023	643	46.7	13.7	22.6

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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