CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an average-sized elementary-level community in BALDWINSVILLE, New York, run under BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 494 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,400 students, CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest is composed of 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Onondaga County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

With demographic context factored in, CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.8%; this one delivers 57.4%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put median household income runs about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Onondaga County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MAE E REYNOLDS SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.8%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 10%, going from 551 students in 2018 to 494 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CATHERINE M MCNAMARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.