SCHOOL 7

SCHOOL 7 operates as a tiny primary school in DUNKIRK, New York, run under DUNKIRK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 134 students spanning grades K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 5 schools in DUNKIRK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,900 students total), SCHOOL 7 accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SCHOOL 7 records that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest reads as 31% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Chautauqua County as a whole is about 10% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.0:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chautauqua County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chautauqua County put median household earnings sit near $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chautauqua County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), of which SCHOOL 7 is one.

SCHOOL 3 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCHOOL 7.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 56%: 308 students in 2018 compared to 134 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 50% to 62%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 6.0:1 in 2025.

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