GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized elementary school in AUBURN, New York, overseen by AUBURN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades K through 6.

Within AUBURN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,732 students, GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Black, 16% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Cayuga County as a whole is about 88% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Cayuga County's rate of about 50%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.7%, the actual is 25.2%, a residual of -18.5 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cayuga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,904 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cayuga County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,576 students), of which GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CASEY PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 18% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for GENESEE STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.