WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL

As a tiny elementary school in FREDONIA, New York, WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL enrolls 138 students from grades pre-K through K, part of FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 69% leaner than typical.

Within FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,484 students, WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL reports that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Chautauqua County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Chautauqua County's rate of about 57%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Chautauqua County indicate median household income runs about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Chautauqua County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.