Howard a Hanlon Elementary School, Odessa NY

Original Research by School Decision on Howard a Hanlon Elementary School

Howard A Hanlon Elementary serves students in grades three through six in Odessa, a small rural village in Schuyler County in the Finger Lakes region. The school sits in a close-knit residential community surrounded by rolling hills and farmland, with a modest small-town business presence and a local public library as a community anchor.

The school enrolls a small population, about evenly split across its four grade levels. Nearly half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is overwhelmingly white, with a very small number of Hispanic students and a few students identifying as multiracial; no students of other racial or ethnic backgrounds are enrolled. Data on students learning English as an additional language and students receiving special education services were not available.

State testing results from the most recent school year show uneven performance across grade levels and subjects. In English language arts, the school's strongest showing comes in grade five, where about three in five students met proficiency. Grade three and six perform closer to one in two, while grade four lags at under two in five. Math proficiency is lower across all grades. Grade three shows just over two in five students proficient; grade five sits near that level. Grade four and six both fall below two in five. The school administered science testing only in grade five, where about half the students met proficiency. Testing participation is high across all grades and subjects, with near-complete engagement. The school's overall proficiency rate across tested grades and subjects places it above the midpoint among the three districts in Schuyler County.

Housing in the Odessa zip code is modestly valued and affordable relative to state and national benchmarks. Mortgage affordability for a standard loan sits near the national estimate, and rent remains substantially cheaper than mortgage payments. The local unemployment rate is in line with national levels, and median household income at the state level has held steady in recent years.

A parent considering this school should know that test results point to academic support needs, particularly in mathematics and in grade four across both subjects. The school serves a economically mixed population with significant need. A parent may want to look into further details with the school about intervention supports, reading and math instruction approaches, and how the school works with families on academic progress. The data provided do not include information on school discipline, attendance, staffing levels, or specialized programs, so those merit direct inquiry as well.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 40% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 18 pts below state median

Grade 428%

School 28% · District 28% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 30 pts below state median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 637%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 8 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 50% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 39% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median

Grade 559%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 4 pts above state median

Grade 652%

School 52% · District 52%

▲ 6 pts above state median

Science

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 11 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 596%

School 96% · district not reported

▲ 4 pts above state median

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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-income38%Higher-income68%30 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income39%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income54%Higher-income64%10 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income79%58 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income35%Higher-income50%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income33%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income21%Higher-income64%43 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income8%Higher-income61%52 pp gap