CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary campus in CARTHAGE, New York, part of CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 394 students, covering grades pre-K through 4.

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

Demographically, CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 76%. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.4%; CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 26.3%, -27.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Jefferson County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,301, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 394). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.