PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus in LAKE VIEW, New York, one of the schools within FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 573 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 6 schools in FRONTIER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,475 students total), PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). Beyond that, the school shows 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Erie County shows median household income runs about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINEHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 15%, going from 675 students in 2018 to 573 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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