Other / mixed grade configuration · Burt, NY

Newfane Early Childhood Center

Federal NCES profile for Newfane Early Childhood Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 60/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 362076001415
0/100100/10060/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
91
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Newfane Early Childhood Center earns 60/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in New York.

60
Resource Index · Higher
28.9%
free-lunch eligible
55
students enrolled

Enrollment

55

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Free-lunch eligible

28.9%

vs 56.2% New York avg

-49% vs state

What stands out at Newfane Early Childhood Center

Newfane Early Childhood Center is a small combined-grade school in Burt, New York, enrolling 55 students.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 28.9% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of New York schools, with 55 enrolled.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 94% of the 4,801 New York schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (91% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 17/100).

Attendance holds up well here: only 3.6% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.

Newfane Central School District also operates Newfane Elementary School (467 students) and Newfane Senior High School (393 students) alongside Newfane Early Childhood Center.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Newfane Early Childhood Center compares

Newfane Early Childhood Center on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New York New York avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 28.9% ▼ 49% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 55 top 99% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

55
Bigger than 6% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
28.9%
free-lunch eligible - 49% below the New York average of 56.2%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Engagement
3.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$24,150
per pupil, district-wide - below New York avg of $26,410
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 90.9%
Two or More 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.8%

Largest group: White at 90.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 17.0/100

Simpson diversity index - at 17.0, Newfane Early Childhood Center is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Newfane Central School District, which includes Newfane Early Childhood Center.

$24,150
Per student
-9%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+46%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 32.9%
State 57.0%
Federal 10.1%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Newfane Early Childhood Center Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Newfane Elementary School Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Newfane Senior High School Larger Higher economic need No ratio data
Newfane Middle School Larger Higher economic need No ratio data

Comparisons are relative to Newfane Early Childhood Center's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Newfane Central School District · 3 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New York, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Newfane Early Childhood Center's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Newfane Early Childhood Center

How many students attend Newfane Early Childhood Center?

Newfane Early Childhood Center has 55 students enrolled. It is a public school in Burt, NY.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Newfane Early Childhood Center?

28.9% of students at Newfane Early Childhood Center are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Newfane Early Childhood Center?

The largest demographic group at Newfane Early Childhood Center is White at 90.9% of enrollment, in Burt, NY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Newfane Early Childhood Center?

Newfane Early Childhood Center has a Resource Investment Index of 60/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Newfane Early Childhood Center a good school?

Newfane Early Childhood Center earns 60/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in New York. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Newfane Central School District?

Besides Newfane Early Childhood Center, Newfane Central School District also operates Newfane Elementary School (467 students), Newfane Senior High School (393 students), and Newfane Middle School (363 students). See the Newfane Central School District district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.