Alexander Elementary School, Alexander NY

Original Research by School Decision on Alexander Elementary School

Alexander Elementary School serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in a small, rural village in southern Genesee County. The school enrolls a modest student population drawn largely from the surrounding agricultural town and village. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a measure of economic need that falls in the middle range for the county. The student body is predominantly white, with small shares of Hispanic and multiracial students; data on English learners and students with disabilities was not available.

Academic performance across tested grades shows a mixed picture. In mathematics, third graders demonstrate the lowest proficiency, while performance improves progressively in fourth and fifth grades. English language arts results follow a similar pattern, with third-grade proficiency notably lower than in the upper elementary grades. Fifth-grade science proficiency sits in the middle range. Overall, the school's proficiency index across tested subjects and grades places it in the bottom quartile among districts in Genesee County. On the specific measured subjects and grade bands where New York administers its state tests, this school's results are below the median for comparable schools in its county. A parent may want to look into the school's reading instruction practices and early mathematics support, particularly for the younger grades where proficiency gaps appear widest.

The school is housed on Buffalo Street in the compact village core, sharing civic space with the town hall and other local institutions rather than sitting on a suburban campus. This setting offers daily proximity to community life, though the surrounding town is auto-dependent and agricultural, with limited walkability outside the village cluster.

The district has approved a significant capital project that includes reconstruction of the elementary school building, addressing facility needs with zero impact to tax obligations through the use of state aid and capital reserves. This work is expected to bring lasting improvements to the physical plant that families would consider as they evaluate the school.

Beginning the 2025-2026 school year, the school adopted New York's statewide distraction-free policy requiring bell-to-bell restrictions on smartphone and internet-enabled device use throughout the entire school day, a change that directly affects daily student life and family expectations around device access.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 340%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 560%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 9 pts above state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 51% · ▼ 51 pts below district

▼ 45 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 52%

even with state median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 48%

▼ 7 pts below state median

Grade 60%

School 0% · District 52% · ▼ 52 pts below district

▼ 46 pts below state median

Science

Grade 554%

School 54% · District 54%

▲ 12 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 597%

School 97% · district not reported

▲ 5 pts above state median

This schoolALEXANDER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income22%Higher-income33%11 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income58%13 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income54%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income43%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income64%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income67%Higher-income56%11 pp gap