THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-tier elementary campus in UTICA, New York, part of UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 390 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 13 schools in UTICA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (9,075 students total), THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 30% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 25% Black, 13% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Oneida County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 79% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oneida County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.8%; this one delivers 34.3%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oneida County indicate median household earnings sit near $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 72 public schools in Oneida County (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students).

DEERFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 45.2%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 30%, going from 561 students in 2018 to 390 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 20% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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