D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit elementary school in PAVILION, New York, operated by PAVILION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 295 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 33% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Within PAVILION CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 626 students, D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder breaks down as 3% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Genesee County (around 45%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 62.3%; D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 37.9%, -24.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, Genesee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $73,314 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Genesee County (combined enrollment of about 7,800 students).

PAVILION JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at D B BUNCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 15%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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