LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1001 RUBY ST, in ROME, New York, LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized primary school that enrolls 598 students (grades K through 6), overseen by ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 443.

Across the 9 schools in ROME CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,196 students total), LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 66% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.5%; LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 19.8%, -33.7 points below that line.

Around the school, Oneida County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).

The closest other public school is LYNDON H STROUGH MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 32.9%.

LOUIS V DENTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 12%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 598 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 66% across the same window.

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