WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized K-5 school in WHITEHALL, New York, one of the schools within WHITEHALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 332 students in grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

WHITEHALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 657 students. WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% Native American, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Washington County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Washington County's rate of about 46%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.2%; actual is 21.0%, a gap of -31.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Washington County) records that median household income runs about $73,495, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Washington County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,873 students), WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 10%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 332 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 89% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.