GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in UTICA, New York, one of the schools within UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 634 students in grades K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 43% above typical.

UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 9,075 students; GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (32%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 25% Black, 20% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 74% of students at GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oneida County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,154, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oneida County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), of which GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 721 (now 634). Over the same period, the Asian share rose from 13% to 17%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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