RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit elementary campuss in RICHFIELD SPRINGS, New York, run under RICHFIELD SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 231 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 2 schools in RICHFIELD SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (420 students total), RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.4%; this one delivers 45.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Otsego County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,885, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Otsego County (combined enrollment of about 6,216 students).

The closest other public school is RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.3%.

RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 11% since 2018, when it stood at 261 (now 231). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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