MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an intimate primary school in MCGRAW, New York, MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 264 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under MCGRAW CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

MCGRAW CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 498 students; MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cortland County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,418 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cortland County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,381 students), MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MCGRAW SECONDARY SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCGRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 273 students in 2018 compared to 264 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.