LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in LOWVILLE, New York, run under LOWVILLE ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 628 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

LOWVILLE ACADEMY & CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,276 students. LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Lewis County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 47% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.7%, the actual is 48.3%, a residual of -9.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lewis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,182 per year, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lewis County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,082 students), LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 3%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 628 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.