BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 41 LIBERTY ST, in BEMUS POINT, New York, BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary school that instructs 300 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by BEMUS POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 32% leaner than that benchmark.

BEMUS POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 575 students; BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chautauqua County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.8%, the actual is 57.9%, a residual of -3.9 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Chautauqua County put median household income runs about $58,351, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Chautauqua County (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students).

Nearest neighbor: MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 3.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.2%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has showed little movement, going from 304 students in 2018 to 300 in 2025.

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