School Districts

Chautauqua County, with a declining population of 134,905 has 18 separate school districts and school administrations including:
Bemus Point CSD         
Brocton CSD
Cassadaga Valley CSD
Chautauqua Lake CSD
Clymer CSD
Dunkirk City SD
Falconer CSD
Forestville CSD
Frewsburg CSD
Fredonia CSD
Jamestown City SD
Panama CSD
Pine Valley CSD
Southwestern CSD
Ripley CSD
Sherman CSD
Silver Creek CSD
Westfield CSD
 
  • White students made up the majority of all public school students
  • Jamestown and Dunkirk have the highest percentage of Black students 5% and 9% respectively and students of Hispanic ethnicity 16% in Jamestown and 43% in Dunkirk
  • As the chart below reveals, there is considerable variation in enrollment, ethnicity, poverty levels as indicated by eligibility for free and reduced lunch, dropout rates and low English proficiency

Chautauqua County School District Profile: 2010 - 2011
Source: NYS Department of Education
 
  • According to the above chart there were 19,438 students enrolled in county schools for the school year 2011-12
  • This is down from an enrollment of 21,053 in the fall of 2007, and is a continuation of an enrollment decline each year since then
  • The New York State Department of Education publishes a report card on all school districts in the state
  • According to their web site, the charts represents student scores on the NAEP – the National Assessment of Educational Progress, which was developed in 1969 and is a nationally representative assessment of the performance of United States’ students in mathematics, reading, science, writing, the arts, civics, economics, geography and U.S. history
  • The ELA and Mathematics test scores for Chautauqua County third through eight grade students, released in August 2013, reflect the expected 30 percent decrease in students deemed proficient in ELA and math
  • This year’s scores are a part of the new Common Core learning standards being implemented across NYS
  • The cumulative county scores are included in the chart below
  • To view scores by individual district go to: www.p12.nysed.gov/irs/
 
Cumulative test scores - Chautauqua County: 2013