GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in GROTON, New York, operated by GROTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 388 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by GROTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 784 students overall.

Demographically, GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (85%) are White. The remainder looks like 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 54% of students at GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Tompkins County's rate of about 36%.

After controlling for student poverty, GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.2%; this one delivers 53.8%.

In the surrounding community, Tompkins County reports that the typical household earns roughly $74,024 per year, about 59% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Tompkins County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), of which GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

GROTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 55.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 7%, going from 416 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 3% to 9%.

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