GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, an intimate K-5 school in GILBERTSVILLE, New York, operated by GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 182 students, covering grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 320 students overall.

On the student-mix side, GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (96%) are White.

On the resource side, On paper, GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 60.6%; actual is 37.3%, a gap of -23.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Otsego County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,885, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Otsego County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,216 students), GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 3%: 177 students in 2018 compared to 182 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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