LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized elementary campus in POTSDAM, New York, LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 526 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by POTSDAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 3 schools in POTSDAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,292 students total), LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 28% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than St. Lawrence County's rate of about 45%.

After controlling for student poverty, LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.7%; this one delivers 70.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for St. Lawrence County put median household income runs about $62,850, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is An A KINGSTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAWRENCE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 58.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 537 students in 2018 compared to 526 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 92% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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