EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a modestly sized elementary school in CAMILLUS, New York, part of WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 336 students, covering grades K through 4. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within WEST GENESEE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 4,543 students, EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (84%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 7% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 38.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.8%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of -12.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Onondaga County put the typical household earns roughly $76,945 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

WEST GENESEE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 6%, going from 357 students in 2018 to 336 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 88% to 84%. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 38.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.