MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school in WATERVILLE, New York, overseen by WATERVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 415 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Within WATERVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 764 students, MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.7%; MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 40.3%, -21.4 points below that line.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Oneida County) logs that median household income runs about $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).

WATERVILLE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 63.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MEMORIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 3% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 415).

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.