OAK STREET SCHOOL

Located at 108 OAK ST, in PLATTSBURGH, New York, OAK STREET SCHOOL is a small primary school that teaches 218 students (grades 3 through 5), run under PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 51% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PLATTSBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,812 students; OAK STREET SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, OAK STREET SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder reads as 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian. By comparison, Clinton County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at OAK STREET SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Clinton County (around 50%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OAK STREET SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 33.8%, a residual of -14.7 points.

In the broader community, Clinton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,224 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. OAK STREET SCHOOL is one of 29 public schools in Clinton County (combined enrollment of about 10,729 students).

Nearest neighbor: THOMAS E GLASGOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OAK STREET SCHOOL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.9%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OAK STREET SCHOOL has climbed 3%, going from 212 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 86% to 79% over that span.

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