CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in CAIRO, New York, CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 432 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within CAIRO-DURHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,037 students, CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (85%) are White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Greene County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Greene County's rate of about 46%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.1%; this one delivers 54.8%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Greene County) records that median household income runs about $77,945, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Greene County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,042 students), CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CAIRO-DURHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 4.4 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 55.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. CAIRO-DURHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 542 (now 432). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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