LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the modestly sized K-5 schools in LAKE PLACID, New York, operated by LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 228 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 532 students. LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder looks like 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 59.8%.

In the broader community, Essex County reports that median household earnings sit near $71,661, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Essex County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,746 students), of which LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 4 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 228). White enrollment moved from 94% to 90% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, the feed for LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.