VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in BALDWINSVILLE, New York, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community, operated by BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 488 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 8 schools and 5,400 students, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). The remainder is composed of 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 26% of students at VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Onondaga County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.5%; this one delivers 49.4%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Onondaga County indicate median household income runs about $76,945, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VAN BUREN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 7%, going from 524 students in 2018 to 488 in 2025.

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