HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in HOLLAND, New York, HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary school, operated by HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 303 students across grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 32% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

HOLLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 737 students; HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% multiracial. By comparison, Erie County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Erie County's rate of about 51%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.0%, the actual is 46.1%, a residual of -15.9 points.

In the broader community, Erie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HOLLAND HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.7%.

HAROLD O BRUMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 38%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 303 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.