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CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 75 CHENANGO AVE, in CLINTON, New York, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community that works with 563 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under CLINTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 27% larger than typical.
Within CLINTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,182 students, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 23% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.0%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Oneida County) shows that median household earnings sit near $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).
Nearest neighbor: CLINTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.4%.
The school occupies a suburban site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 572 students in 2018 to 563 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 86%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.
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