EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL

EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL is a cozy primary school in EVANS MILLS, New York, one of the schools within INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 330 students in grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 26% smaller than typical.

Across the 8 schools in INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,326 students total), EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.0%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jefferson County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL, around 4.3 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 16%: 394 students in 2018 compared to 330 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 53% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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