ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment elementary campus in ARGYLE, New York, ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 253 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 43% smaller than that benchmark.

ARGYLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 500 students. ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. Compared to Washington County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Washington County's rate of about 46%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.4%.

In the surrounding community, Washington County reports that median household income runs about $73,495, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Washington County runs 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,873 students), of which ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

ARGYLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARGYLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.9%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 276 students in 2018 compared to 253 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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