JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in MASSENA, New York, operated by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 452 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 2,469 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 17% Native American, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.1%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of -7.5 points.

In the surrounding community, St. Lawrence County reports that the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across St. Lawrence County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.4 miles away. 4 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), JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.5%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 3% since 2018, when it stood at 468 (now 452). Over the same period, the White share declined from 87% to 76%.

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