MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of large scale in CLIFTON SPRINGS, New York, run under PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 761 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 72% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

PHELPS-CLIFTON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,438 students. MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 5% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 58.0%; MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 33.6%, -24.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ontario County indicate the typical household earns roughly $82,324 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Ontario County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,114 students), MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MIDLAKES MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Looking at the recent track record. MIDLAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 63% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 761). The White share of enrollment grew from 89% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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