F P DONNELLY SCHOOL

Located at 1168 CONKLIN RD, in CONKLIN, New York, F P DONNELLY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community that serves 306 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

F P DONNELLY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 1,442 students overall.

On demographics, F P DONNELLY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, F P DONNELLY SCHOOL has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, F P DONNELLY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.5%, the actual is 42.2%, a residual of -14.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Broome County) shows that median household earnings sit near $62,616, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. F P DONNELLY SCHOOL is one of 52 public schools in Broome County (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students).

Nearest neighbor: FLOYD BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, F P DONNELLY SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. F P DONNELLY SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 291 (now 306). White enrollment moved from 95% to 85% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.