WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized primary school in CARTHAGE, New York, WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL works with 390 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 5 schools in CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,168 students total), WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 57.1%; this one comes in at 31.0%, -26.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $66,301 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CARTHAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST CARTHAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 389 students in 2018 compared to 390 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.