Frankfort-schuyler Elementary School, Frankfort NY

Original Research by School Decision on Frankfort-schuyler Elementary School

Frankfort-Schuyler Elementary School serves students in pre-K through fifth grade in a small residential village of the same name in Herkimer County. The school is part of the Frankfort-Schuyler Central School District, a consolidated PK-12 district whose three schools sit in close proximity on a shared campus rather than embedded in the village downtown.

The school's enrollment is modest, with roughly equal numbers across the grade bands served. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the working-class character of the community and surrounding area. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds and very few known English learners or students with identified disabilities, though data on special populations was not available.

State assessment data from the most recent school year shows proficiency levels that reflect academic work across the lower and middle elementary grades. In English language arts, third grade showed low proficiency, while performance rose notably through fourth and fifth grades, where just over half of fifth-graders met proficiency. Mathematics proficiency followed a similar upward trajectory, starting very low in third grade and reaching two-fifths proficiency by fifth grade. In science at the fifth-grade level, proficiency was roughly on par with ELA for that grade. Student participation rates on these assessments were strong, in the high-90s across grades. Compared to other districts in Herkimer County, the school's overall proficiency index sits above the midpoint, a genuine strength.

The school serves grades that are subject to New York state testing, so reading, writing, and math results are documented. Grade six results are present only in very small numbers and are suppressed by the state; social studies testing data predates current assessment frameworks and is not recent. No graduation rate applies because the school does not serve high school grades.

Frankfort sits on the south side of the Erie Canal east of Utica, a small canal-side village with a historic downtown along Main Street, local eateries, and small businesses. The community emphasizes affordable housing and a tight-knit feel. Much of the commercial and industrial activity concentrates in business parks along Route 5S at the town's edges rather than in the residential center. The local economy is anchored by logistics and distribution operations, including a major Tractor Supply distribution center, an Amazon last-mile facility, and a PepsiCo warehouse. The village offers walkable access to the Marina (one of only two natural harbors in New York State), Canal Street Park, and the Empire State Trail, which has an 11-mile paved segment beginning roughly a mile from the village. Recent growth has been driven by commercial and industrial development in the Route 5S business parks; documented near-term expansion includes potential hotel and housing development on an extended site, though no major new residential subdivision in the village itself was noted.

For the 2025-2026 school year, the district adopted a budget that included a property tax increase requiring a supermajority vote, a structural shift arising from reduced debt payments and increased payments in lieu of taxes. The district committed to maintaining technology services in-house rather than outsourcing them, and is restructuring the buildings and grounds staffing as part of the budget process. Housing values in the area reflect modest affordability relative to national benchmarks, and the local unemployment rate sits near the national average.

The school is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation. A school website was not identified in the data provided. Information about Title I status, discipline, course access, or staffing was not available. More detailed information on program offerings specific to this elementary school was also not present.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 16% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 43 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 41% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 9 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 316%

School 16% · District 16% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 36 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 433%

School 33% · District 33% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

Science

Grade 552%

School 52% · District 51% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 596%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 4 pts above state median

This schoolFRANKFORT-SCHUYLER 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-income0%Higher-income30%30 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income32%Higher-income35%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income59%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income3%Higher-income27%24 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income19%Higher-income35%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income27%Higher-income54%27 pp gap