HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 340 HIGBY RD, in NEW HARTFORD, New York, HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary campus that teaches 486 students (grades K through 6), part of NEW HARTFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NEW HARTFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,466 students. HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Beyond that, the school records 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.8%; this one delivers 66.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Oneida County shows median household income runs about $70,154, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 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), HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 51.7%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 486).

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