BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of minimally staffed scale in CAPE VINCENT, New York, run under THOUSAND ISLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 109 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 75% leaner than typical.

BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by THOUSAND ISLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 799 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.5%; this one delivers 66.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows median household income runs about $66,301, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jefferson County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

THOUSAND ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 63.9%.

BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. BASHAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 116 (now 109). The White share of enrollment expanded from 89% to 94% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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