RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized primary school in LANSING, New York, run under LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 392 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.

LANSING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,118 students; RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder is composed of 8% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Tompkins County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 29% of students at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Tompkins County shows median household income runs about $74,024, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Tompkins County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students), of which RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is LANSING HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 64.8%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RAYMOND C BUCKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 15%, going from 462 students in 2018 to 392 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 80% to 76% over that span.

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