Elba Central School District Mission Statement

We will create a respectful, safe, and engaging environment which will empower and inspire our students to be continuous learners who are challenged to succeed.

Elba Central School District Vision Statement

Partner students with the Elba learning community to create excellence.

Student Outcome Statements

At Elba Central School, every student acquires the knowledge and basic skills necessary for success in the adult world. In addition, our students develop:

1) empowering skills such as decision-making, goal-setting, critical thinking and problem solving

2) communication and social interaction skills

3) technological literacy

4) total wellness – social, physical and emotional health, and positive self-esteem

5) values necessary to participate in society.

As a result, our students will embrace learning as a life-long process.

The Elba Central School District is located at 57 South Main Street in Elba, New York.

By a vote of 356 to 51 in a special election held in the recreation building of Elba High School in 1937, voters of 11 districts in and around Elba approved a proposal for a centralized school district, eliminating Districts 2 through 10.  A central building was needed with the estimated cost of $357,118 with $199,000 to be raised in the form of a bond issue.  The cost of the original building completed in 1938 was $381,000.  There were 450 children of school age in the 11 districts to be served by the new school.

A milestone was marked on May 4, 1938 when the cornerstone was laid.  Roy A. Porter became the head of the recently created Central Board of Education.  The Class of 1939, with 19 members, was the first class to graduate from Elba Central School.