J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 5647 E MAIN ST, in VERONA, New York, J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community that serves 414 students (grades pre-K through 6), run under SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by SHERRILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that enrolls 1,823 students overall.

On the student-mix side, J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Oneida County's rate of about 47%.

With demographic context factored in, J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of -16.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Oneida County reports that the typical household earns roughly $70,154 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Oneida County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), of which J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MADISON-ONEIDA BOCES, roughly 0.9 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J D GEORGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 10%, going from 460 students in 2018 to 414 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 97% to 88% over that span.

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