BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary school in RICHBURG, New York, part of BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 298 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

Within BOLIVAR-RICHBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 651 students, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic, 2% Black. Compared to Allegany County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.9%, the actual is 54.0%, a residual of -0.9 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Allegany County) records that the typical household earns roughly $62,869 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Allegany County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,589 students), of which BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BOLIVAR-RICHBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 11%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 92% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 7.5:1 in 2025.

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