SKOI-YASE SCHOOL

SKOI-YASE SCHOOL, a small elementary school in WATERLOO, New York, one of the schools within WATERLOO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teaches 345 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. Enrollment runs roughly 22% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Within WATERLOO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,414 students, SKOI-YASE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SKOI-YASE SCHOOL logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, SKOI-YASE SCHOOL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SKOI-YASE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 59% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Seneca County's rate of about 50%.

Zooming out to the county, Seneca County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,089 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Seneca County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,612 students), SKOI-YASE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LA FAYETTE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SKOI-YASE SCHOOL has shrank 5%, going from 363 students in 2018 to 345 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 91% to 77%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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