WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL

WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ONTARIO CENTER, New York, overseen by WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, educates 434 students, covering grades K through 2.

WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by WAYNE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 2,031 students overall.

Demographically, WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (89%) are White; the rest looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Wayne County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household income runs about $74,506, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 37 public schools in Wayne County (combined enrollment of about 13,068 students).

Nearest neighbor: WAYNE CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WAYNE CENTRAL PRIMARY SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 434 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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