WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary school in SKANEATELES, New York, part of SKANEATELES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 281 students in grades K through 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

SKANEATELES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,212 students; WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Onondaga County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,945 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SKANEATELES MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. WATERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 7% since 2018, when it stood at 262 (now 281).

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