B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in MONTOUR FALLS, New York, one of the schools within ODESSA-MONTOUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 183 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 59% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

ODESSA-MONTOUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 673 students; B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%); the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Schuyler County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Schuyler County put median household earnings sit near $67,663, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Schuyler County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,801 students), B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ODESSA-MONTOUR JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 210 (now 183). Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.