K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in MARCELLUS, New York, K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 471 students from grades pre-K through 3, operated by MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 3 schools in MARCELLUS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,407 students total), K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder looks like 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, On paper, K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 21% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.3%; this one delivers 75.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Onondaga County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,945 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Onondaga County (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students).

C S DRIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 73.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at K C HEFFERNAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has expanded 13%, going from 415 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 10.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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