NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in MASSENA, New York, one of the schools within MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 454 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 5 schools in MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,469 students total), NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial, 4% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.5%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +2.5 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Lawrence County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students).

MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 445 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 90% to 84% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.