PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an average-sized elementary campus in BINGHAMTON, New York, operated by CHENANGO VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 409 students spanning grades pre-K through 2.

CHENANGO VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,652 students. PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 83% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Broome County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Broome County runs at roughly 52%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, Broome County reports that median household income runs about $62,616, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Broome County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students), PORT DICKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 12%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 83%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 18.1:1 today.

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