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SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES
SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES operates as a low-enrollment all-grades campus in CANTON, New York, overseen by SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES. Current enrollment sits at 225 students spanning grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 544.
SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES sits inside SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES records that nearly all students (94%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 2.8:1. The state averages around 8.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.
Around the school, the surrounding county (St. Lawrence County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES is one.
The closest other public school is H C WILLIAMS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAINT LAWRENCE-LEWIS BOCES has shrank 27%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 225 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 2.8:1 today.
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