BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized primary school in ROME, New York, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 544 students from grades K through 6, part of ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,196 students; BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 70% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Oneida County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.3%; BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 10.7%, -38.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Oneida County shows the typical household earns roughly $70,154 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ROME FREE ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 34.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. BELLAMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 23% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 544). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 71% to 60%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.