Enrollment
216
Elementary
DISTRICT 272 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MEXICO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361917001734
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1638 COUNTY RT 45, FULTON, NY 13069 · (315) 963-8400 · Oswego County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL216 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of New York public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
82 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 35 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 31 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 42 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (42).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within MEXICO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
27.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 35.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-31.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 216 | 38.0% | 29.3% |
| BOSTON VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAMBURG | 212 | 35.8% | 53.3% |
| PANAMA K-6 SCHOOL PANAMA | 213 | 39.9% | 62.4% |
| MARY J TANNER PRIMARY SCHOOL GRANVILLE | 238 | 38.2% | N/A |
| MARGARET MURPHY KINDERGARTEN CENTER HUDSON FALLS | 234 | 39.7% | N/A |
| FORT ANN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT ANN | 225 | 35.6% | 53.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Oswego County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #2,036 of 2,335 | #13 of 20 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,082 of 2,342 ▼ 221 | #18 of 20 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #2,175 of 2,343 ▼ 119 | #17 of 20 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 216 | #2,338 of 2,585 | #20 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,168 of 2,338 | #7 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.7% | #2,288 of 2,388 | #15 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.0% | #1,744 of 2,534 | #18 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #441 of 606 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
216
+12 (+6%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 367
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 216 | 18.4 | 11.8:1 | 38% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 214 | 19.3 | 11.1:1 | 54% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 223 | 20.3 | 11.0:1 | 57% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 204 | 20 | 10.2:1 | 52% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 20 | 10.4:1 | 52% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 207 | 19 | 10.9:1 | 57% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 252 | 19 | 13.3:1 | 61% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 23 | 15.0:1 | 38% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 367 | 19 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in FULTON, New York. The school runs pre-K through 4 and enrolls 216 students. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
MEXICO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2,064 students spread across 5 schools.
A large majority of enrollment at PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White, at 94%. After that, the student body is 3% multiracial. Among Oswego County residents, the White share is about 92%. The diversity index for PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Classroom staffing at PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Federal data show 38% of students (82) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Oswego County average 49%.
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 6% of New York public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 61.0%. It scores 29.3%, a bottom-10% result among New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Oswego County, median household income comes to about $69,183, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. The county has 37 public schools and about 17,529 students.
About 6.0 miles separate PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL from the closest public school, VOLNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8.
Under the NCES locale system, PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 12 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 11.8 students per teacher, compared with 10.2 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Oswego County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
117,953
Census ACS
Median income
$69,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
17,529 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MEXICO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MEXICO MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 628 students
- MEXICO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 619 students
- MEXICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 362 students
- NEW HAVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 239 students
Other schools in FULTON
- G RAY BODLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 938 students
- FULTON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 472 students
- GRANBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- J E LANIGAN SCHOOLElementary · 436 students
- FAIRGRIEVE SCHOOLElementary · 390 students
- VOLNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- VOLNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 306
- OSWEGO BOCES6.4 mi · 425
- FAIRGRIEVE SCHOOL6.9 mi · 390
- MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 619
- MEXICO MIDDLE SCHOOL7.0 mi · 628
- MEXICO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 362
Frequently asked questions
About PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 216 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PALERMO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MEXICO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Oswego County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.