VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized primary school in VESTAL, New York, part of VESTAL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 388 students, covering grades K through 5.

VESTAL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,404 students; VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school lists 18% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Broome County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 56.6%, a residual of -5.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Broome County indicate the typical household earns roughly $62,616 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Broome County's 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students), VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WEST MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VESTAL HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 14%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 388 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share declined from 23% to 18%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.