HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of cozy scale in ODESSA, New York, operated by ODESSA-MONTOUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 206 students in grades 3 through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

ODESSA-MONTOUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 673 students; HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.0%, the actual is 41.4%, a residual of -15.6 points.

In the area at large, Schuyler County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,663 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Schuyler County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,801 students), HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ODESSA-MONTOUR JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.7%.

HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 225 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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