STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL

STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is a modestly sized unified-grade school in STAMFORD, New York, one of the schools within STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 248 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 544.

Operationally, STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL answers to STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest breaks down as 7% Hispanic, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 8.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.6%, the actual is 59.3%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Delaware County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,337, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Delaware County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,307 students), STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. STAMFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 271 (now 248). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

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