STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a tight-knit elementary school in LAKE LUZERNE, New York, operated by HADLEY-LUZERNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 337 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 24% below typical.

Within HADLEY-LUZERNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 625 students, STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

Looking at school resources, The school lists 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 50% of students at STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Warren County's rate of about 41%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 42.1%, a residual of -14.7 points.

In the broader community, census data for Warren County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,442 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Warren County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,825 students), of which STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HADLEY-LUZERNE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 58.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STUART M TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 3%, going from 348 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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