ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL

ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL is a rural-scale primary school in ANTWERP, New York, operated by INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 145 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 67% below the state mean of about 443.

Across the 8 schools in INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,326 students total), ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 56.5%; actual is 36.3%, a gap of -20.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PHILADELPHIA PRIMARY SCHOOL, around 5.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 52.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 33% since 2018, when it stood at 215 (now 145). Over the same period, the White share grew from 66% to 70%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.