NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND

As an one-room-style multi-level school in BATAVIA, New York, NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND caters to 51 students from grades K through 12, run under NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND. Enrollment runs roughly 91% below the state mean of about 544.

Operationally, NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND answers to NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND lists that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 24% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND tighter than the state norm the norm. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Genesee County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Genesee County indicate median household income runs about $73,314, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Genesee County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,800 students), NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND is one campus in the mix.

BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND has decreased 9%, going from 56 students in 2018 to 51 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 73% to 57%.

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