HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary-level community in HAMILTON, New York, part of HAMILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 256 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 42% below typical.

HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by HAMILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 542 students overall.

On demographics, HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (92%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Madison County (around 37%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.0%; this one delivers 58.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Madison County indicate median household earnings sit near $75,499, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Madison County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,402 students), of which HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HAMILTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 52.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. HAMILTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 11% since 2018, when it stood at 287 (now 256). Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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