FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in CORNING, New York, one of the schools within CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 399 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

CORNING CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,354 students; FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 9% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Steuben County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

In the area at large, census data for Steuben County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,887 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 34 public schools in Steuben County (combined enrollment of about 13,701 students).

The closest other public school is CORNING-PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. FREDERICK CARDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 483 (now 399). The White share of enrollment edged down from 90% to 82% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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