NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 5572 RT 11, in ELLENBURG DEPOT, New York, NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit primary school that serves 375 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within NORTHERN ADIRONDACK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 2 schools in NORTHERN ADIRONDACK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (799 students total), NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

On the resource side, NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Clinton County runs at roughly 50%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 62.0%; this one comes in at 37.3%, -24.8 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Clinton County indicate median household income runs about $71,224, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 29 public schools in Clinton County (combined enrollment of about 10,729 students).

Nearest neighbor: NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. On composite proficiency, NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHERN ADIRONDACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 9%, going from 413 students in 2018 to 375 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.