CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized K-5 school in UTICA, New York, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 618 students from grades K through 6, operated by UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 9,075 students. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Asian (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 19% Black, 17% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 4% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 79% of students at CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Oneida County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Around the school, census data for Oneida County shows median household earnings sit near $70,154, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Oneida County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), of which CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 669 (now 618). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 20% to 27%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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