EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL

Set in WURTSBORO, New York, EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL is a small elementary-level community, part of MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 219 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL sits 51% below that benchmark.

EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 2,695 students overall.

In terms of who attends, EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 47.6%.

Around the school, census data for Sullivan County shows median household income runs about $72,382, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL is one of 20 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students).

Nearest neighbor: CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 6.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EMMA C CHASE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 25%: 292 students in 2018 compared to 219 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 45% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.

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