OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in AUBURN, New York, OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate primary school, one of the schools within AUBURN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 356 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 7 schools in AUBURN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,732 students total), OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 12% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.3%; this one comes in at 34.9%, -23.4 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Cayuga County) records that median household income runs about $67,904, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Cayuga County (combined enrollment of about 8,576 students).

Nearest neighbor: AUBURN HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 39.3%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OWASCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 22%, going from 457 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 86% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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