INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary campus in PHILADELPHIA, New York, INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL caters to 565 students from grades 4 through 5, run under INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 28% larger than typical.

Across the 8 schools in INDIAN RIVER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,326 students total), INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Hispanic, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 45.1%, a residual of -11.4 points.

Across the wider county, Jefferson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 39 public schools in Jefferson County (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students).

INDIAN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts INDIAN RIVER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 612 students in 2018 compared to 565 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 68% to 63% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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