WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in WEEDSPORT, New York, run under WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 324 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 698 students. WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). Beyond that, the school shows 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Cayuga County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of -11.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cayuga County shows median household earnings sit near $67,904, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 22 public schools in Cayuga County (combined enrollment of about 8,576 students).

WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 27% since 2018, when it stood at 443 (now 324). The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 87% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.