CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL

CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, a reasonably sized K-5 school in CALCIUM, New York, run under INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 480 students, covering grades pre-K through 3.

INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,326 students. CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 23% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

In the area at large, 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 the poverty rate sits near 10%. CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 39 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students).

Nearest neighbor: BLACK RIVER SCHOOL, around 3.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.7%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL has declined 16%, going from 570 students in 2018 to 480 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 13% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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