GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in GOUVERNEUR, New York, overseen by GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 511 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Across the 3 schools in GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,408 students total), GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (96%) are White.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of St. Lawrence County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 54.9%; GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 28.2%, -26.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Lawrence County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 19%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 511 in 2025.

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