The top reported proficiency rate is 45% in Math. The lowest is 38% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Barclay Elementary School
Barclay Elementary School serves students in kindergarten through third grade in Brockport, a Victorian-era village on the Erie Canal in Monroe County. The school is part of the Brockport Central School District, which operates a consolidated campus of five schools clustered together off Central School Drive, adjacent to SUNY Brockport. Like the district's other elementary buildings, Barclay is located away from downtown Brockport's historic Main Street corridor, in a campus setting shared with the middle school and high school.
The school enrolls students from across a small to mid-sized community. About half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The student population is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students, and very small numbers of Asian and American Indian students. Enrollment data for students with IEPs or English learners was not available.
In the most recent state testing year, Barclay's third-grade students took the New York State Testing Program in math and English language arts. In math, a bit less than half of third graders met or exceeded proficiency. In ELA, the proportion meeting proficiency was notably lower, around four in ten. Across both subjects and grades where the school reports data, Barclay's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint among the county's districts. Both the math and ELA assessments had strong participation rates, with roughly nineteen out of twenty eligible students sitting for the test. The state reports these results come from the New York State Testing Program; trend data comparing performance across multiple years was not available.
Brockport itself is a college town anchored by SUNY Brockport and centered on a walkable, pedestrian-friendly downtown with historic commercial buildings, cafes, and shops along Main Street. The Erie Canal Boardwalk provides canalfront access, and the Main Street lift bridge, a local landmark, reopened in November 2025 after a multi-year closure. Nine public parks serve residents, and the village is positioned as an Empire State Trail Town. The broader housing market in the Brockport zip code shows moderate home values with year-over-year price increases, and rent is modestly higher than the national average but below state levels. The area has active new residential development including townhome and apartment communities.
The Brockport Central School District recently made headlines on two fronts. In December 2024, voters approved a substantial capital improvement project that includes renovation of the Barclay School kitchen, pool replacement, and upgrades to boilers, HVAC, electrical systems, and parking lots. The district indicated the project would be funded primarily through state building aid and reserves with minimal property-tax impact. Separately, a New York State Comptroller audit released in January 2024 found that across fiscal years 2018 to 2022, the district had accumulated surpluses while presenting budgets that appeared to require property-tax increases. The audit raised questions about budget transparency that a prospective family may want to explore directly with the district.
Barclay is a regular public elementary school with no specialized magnet programs or charter designation. Data on special education services, English learner support, or extracurricular and enrichment programs was not available. Parents considering this school may want to inquire directly about the full range of academic supports and the specific services and learning environment the school offers to its early elementary population.
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