PARK TERRACE SCHOOL

PARK TERRACE SCHOOL is a primary school of intimate scale in GLOVERSVILLE, New York, overseen by GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 290 students in grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 443.

GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,406 students; PARK TERRACE SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PARK TERRACE SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder is composed of 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Fulton County's rate of about 55%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Fulton County put median household earnings sit near $66,533, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fulton County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,173 students), of which PARK TERRACE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PARK TERRACE SCHOOL.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PARK TERRACE SCHOOL has contracted 15%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 290 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 79% to 83%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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