GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the low-enrollment K-5 schools in CLAYTON, New York, one of the schools within THOUSAND ISLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 243 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 45% below that benchmark.

GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by THOUSAND ISLANDS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 799 students overall.

On demographics, GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (96%) are White. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.2%; this one comes in at 44.2%, -22.1 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Jefferson County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL, roughly 6.4 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 12%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 243 in 2025.

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