Ellis B Hyde Elementary School, Dansville NY

Original Research by School Decision on Ellis B Hyde Elementary School

Ellis B Hyde Elementary School serves grades three through six in Dansville, a small town in Livingston County where health care, particularly Nicholas H Noyes Memorial Hospital and its parent organization UR Medicine, is a leading employer. The school's enrollment is small, drawn primarily from a community where a substantial share of families qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting modest economic circumstances in the area. Housing values in the Dansville zip code sit below the state benchmark, making the area more affordable than most of New York.

The school's state assessment results show consistent patterns across math and English language arts. In math, students in grade three demonstrate the strongest proficiency, with performance declining as grades advance through six. In English language arts, performance is lower overall and fairly flat across grades three through six. Science testing, conducted in grade five only, shows similarly modest proficiency. Across all tested subjects, participation rates are high, indicating students are taking the assessments. The school's overall proficiency index, calculated across all tested subjects and grades, places it above the midpoint among districts in Livingston County, though proficiency levels themselves remain in a range where a parent may want to look into further with the school whether additional academic support is available and what resources exist for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards.

The student body is predominantly white, with very small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available. The school's grade configuration and focus on elementary and early middle grades mean there is no graduation rate to report. No information was located about the district's recent strategic priorities or specific initiatives at the school beyond standard curriculum. The school sits on Main Street in Dansville and operates as a traditional public school, not a charter or magnet program.

For families in this area, Ellis B Hyde represents a neighborhood elementary and early-middle-grades school in a stable community anchored by regional healthcare employment. The test results suggest students here are working with academic material but may face challenges in mastering grade-level content, particularly in math by the upper elementary grades. Whether that reflects the cohort composition, teaching approach, resource availability, or some combination would be worth discussing directly with school leadership.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 56%

▼ 3 pts below state median

Grade 442%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 37% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 637%

School 37% · District 36% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 342%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 435%

School 35% · District 35%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 36% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median

Grade 639%

School 39% · District 38% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median

Science

Grade 532%

School 32% · District 32%

▼ 9 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 592%

School 92% · district not reported

even with state median

This schoolDANSVILLE 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-income34%Higher-income53%19 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income21%Higher-income58%37 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income30%Higher-income46%16 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income55%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income49%Higher-income65%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income61%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income29%Higher-income47%18 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income34%Higher-income42%8 pp gap