CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in WEST SENECA, New York, part of WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 629 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 42% above that benchmark.

Within WEST SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 9 schools and 5,870 students, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Erie County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.6%, the actual is 55.6%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is NORTHWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLINTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 52.1%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 629 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 91% to 85% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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