ENFIELD SCHOOL

ENFIELD SCHOOL is one of the rural-scale primary schools in ITHACA, New York, operated by ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 165 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so ENFIELD SCHOOL sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 12 schools in ITHACA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,988 students total), ENFIELD SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ENFIELD SCHOOL logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at ENFIELD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Tompkins County's rate of about 36%.

After controlling for student poverty, ENFIELD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 33.4%, a residual of -17.1 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Tompkins County shows median household earnings sit near $74,024, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Tompkins County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), ENFIELD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LEHMAN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.8 miles from this campus. 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 ENFIELD SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.0%.

ENFIELD SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ENFIELD SCHOOL has edged down 18%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 7.2:1 in 2025.

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