GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a tight-knit elementary school in GERMANTOWN, New York, part of GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 282 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within GERMANTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 452 students, GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (87%) are White. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Columbia County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 47.3%, a residual of -12.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Columbia County indicate median household income runs about $81,528, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 17 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 6,006 students).

GERMANTOWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 55.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 8%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 282 in 2025.

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