STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a very small elementary campus in WATERTOWN, New York, part of WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 153 students, covering grades K through 4. That puts it 65% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

WATERTOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,940 students. STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% multiracial, 12% Black, 11% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.5%; actual is 29.6%, a gap of -18.9 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,301, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STARBUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 29%, going from 217 students in 2018 to 153 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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