BLACK RIVER SCHOOL

As a middle-of-the-pack primary school in BLACK RIVER, New York, BLACK RIVER SCHOOL works with 572 students from grades pre-K through 4, run under CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 29% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 5 schools in CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,168 students total), BLACK RIVER SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BLACK RIVER SCHOOL logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting BLACK RIVER SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BLACK RIVER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 52.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which BLACK RIVER SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, roughly 3.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BLACK RIVER SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLACK RIVER SCHOOL has increased 26%, going from 455 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 70% to 62% over that span.

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