Williamson Elementary School, Williamson NY

Original Research by School Decision on Williamson Elementary School

Williamson Elementary School serves a small rural community in northwest Wayne County, on the south shore of Lake Ontario about a short drive east of Rochester. The school enrolls roughly between four hundred and five hundred students in prekindergarten through fourth grade and sits on a shared campus with the district's middle and high schools in the hamlet center.

The town itself has deep roots in fruit farming, especially apples and cherries, though by the 1960s it shifted toward a bedroom-community role for Monroe County to the west. Today the landscape mixes working orchards and farm markets with residential neighborhoods and a small commercial strip. Housing values are moderate relative to state benchmarks, and a substantial share of the student body, close to half, qualify for free or reduced price lunch, which is consistent with a working-family demographic.

The school's enrollment is predominantly white. A smaller but meaningful share of students identify as Hispanic, with smaller populations of other backgrounds; specific counts for English learners and special education were not available in the reported data. The student body is drawn from a rural, low-density residential setting with no fixed-route public transit, so families rely on private transportation.

On state testing in math and English language arts, Williamson Elementary's performance sits below the midpoint among the other districts in Wayne County. In third grade, math proficiency reaches roughly the midway point, improving somewhat by fourth grade, while English language arts proficiency is lower across both grades. In fourth grade English specifically, fewer than half the tested students meet state proficiency standards. Fifth-grade results exist but were too small to report. Science testing occurred in fifth grade with no student participation reported. These patterns suggest students are building foundational skills but a substantial share are working below state proficiency targets. A parent may want to discuss with the school what supports are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level standards, and what the school's approach is to narrowing these gaps from the primary grades forward.

The district recently completed a tax-neutral capital improvement project funded through state aid and reserves, with work including roof replacements, water-system upgrades, and classroom renovations across all three school buildings. An earlier capital project in the early 2020s addressed kitchen and HVAC needs. These investments signal an effort to maintain physical infrastructure without raising local taxes, which matters in a community where household incomes are modest.

Program and staffing details beyond grade configuration were not available in the reported data. The school operates as a traditional public elementary building within a public district that serves the entire town K-12, with no magnet or charter designation.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 45% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 452%

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

▼ 6 pts below state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 337%

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

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

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 44% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 8 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 50%

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

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 31 pts below county median

This schoolWILLIAMSON 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-income18%Higher-income53%35 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income57%29 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income25%Higher-income63%38 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income71%43 pp gap