Summary:
The Oakfield-Alabama Central School District in New York contains a single elementary school, Oakfield-Alabama Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 5th grade. The school's performance and characteristics have been mixed, with some areas of strength and others that present opportunities for improvement.
Oakfield-Alabama Elementary School's statewide ranking has fluctuated in recent years, ranging from 1187 out of 2445 New York elementary schools in 2023-2024 to 1598 out of 2439 in 2022-2023. The school's performance on state assessments has been mixed, with some grades performing above the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math, while others fall below. For example, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency rate was 42%, compared to the state average of 54.15%, but the 4th and 5th grade ELA proficiency rates were higher, at 55.32% and 55.77%, respectively. In Math, the school's 3rd grade proficiency rate was 51.02%, lower than the state average of 59.7%, while the 4th and 5th grade Math proficiency rates were also below the state averages.
The school serves a population with a relatively high percentage of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, at 46.48% in 2023-2024, and has a lower student-teacher ratio of 8.3. The school district's overall ranking is 361 out of 874 in New York, with a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. While the school's high per-student spending of $28,069 suggests a significant investment in resources, the mixed academic outcomes suggest that the effectiveness of this resource allocation may need further examination.
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