TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a minimally staffed elementary school in LEWISTON, New York, TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 70 students from grades pre-K through 6, one of the schools within NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 84% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,087 students; TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (84%) are Native American; the rest consists of 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 3.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Niagara County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 54.0%; TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 33.5%, -20.5 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Niagara County shows median household income runs about $69,633, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Niagara County (combined enrollment of about 26,388 students).

NIAGARA-WHEATFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 27% since 2018, when it stood at 96 (now 70). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 5.7:1 in 2018 to 3.5:1 today.

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