Enrollment
104
New York · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Olmstedville, NY
Minerva Central School
Federal NCES profile for Minerva Central School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 53/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 361953001782
👥 S:T ratio 82
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 79
📋 Attendance 21
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Minerva Central School earns 53/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of New York schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New York.
- 53
- Resource Index · Higher
- 4.5:1
- small classes for New York
- 52.9%
- free-lunch eligible
- 104
- students enrolled
Minerva Central School has class sizes smaller than 99% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Minerva Central School District · New York
NCES ID 361953001782 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
23.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
4.5:1
vs 11.8:1 New York avg
-62% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
52.9%
vs 56.2% New York avg
-6% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Minerva Central School compares with New York and U.S. medians
What stands out at Minerva Central School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Minerva Central School sits near the smaller end of the New York enrollment distribution while also reporting a lower student-teacher ratio than most state schools. That pairing is consistent with a compact, teacher-dense setting, though small scale can limit the number of specialized courses or support roles a campus can sustain. The program and staffing sections below show whether the lean ratio extends beyond classroom teachers into broader student services.
Resource indicators are the standout signal
Minerva Central School's economic-need measure is not at a state extreme, while its Resource Investment Index is. The campus outranks most New York schools on the combined reported-resource measure, so the differentiator comes from staffing, counselor access, gifted programming, or attendance rather than from an unusually low-need population alone. The component breakdown identifies which inputs actually produce that placement.
Attendance is the dominant support signal
Minerva Central School's 31.7% chronic-absence rate is more consequential than a generic staffing label: at least one quarter of students missed 10% or more of school days in the 2021-22 collection. That level can affect instruction, counseling demand, and continuity even when other reported resources look ordinary. The dataset records the scale of absence but not its causes, so it should prompt a current-year question rather than a conclusion about school management.
Minerva Central School is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Olmstedville, New York, enrolling 104 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 4.5:1, Minerva Central School is leaner than roughly 99% of New York schools and 62% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 52.9% lands close to the New York typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 97% of New York schools, with 104 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 4,801 scored New York schools.
Against 29 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #8.
Its student body is predominantly White (90% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 18/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 104 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 31.7% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
The surrounding Minerva Central School District spends $46,513 per pupil, 65% above the New York average, a better-resourced district than most.
Minerva Central School District operates only this one school, so Minerva Central School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 104 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of New York's single-school districts.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Minerva Central School compares
Minerva Central School on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs New York | New York avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 4.5:1 | ▼ 62% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 52.9% | ▼ 6% | 56.2% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 104 | top 97% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
4.5:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
104
Bigger than 10% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
52.9%
free-lunch eligible
- 6% below the New York average of 56.2%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
4.5:1
students per teacher
- 62% below state mean
Top 1% in New York - lower ratio than 99% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
31.7%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$46,513
per pupil, district-wide
- above New York avg of $28,120
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 104 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
3
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 2.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 6.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 90.4%
Hispanic or Latino 6.7%
Asian 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native 1.0%
Two or More 1.0%
Largest group: White at 90.4% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 17.8/100
Simpson diversity index - at 17.8, Minerva Central School is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Minerva Central School District, which includes Minerva Central School.
$46,513
Per student
+65%
vs New York
Avg $28,120
+163%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 63.2%
State 26.8%
Federal 10.0%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2022-23 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New York, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~104 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~4.5:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Minerva Central School
How many students attend Minerva Central School?
Minerva Central School has 104 students enrolled. It is a public school in Olmstedville, NY.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Minerva Central School?
The student-teacher ratio at Minerva Central School is 4.5:1, which is 62% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 71% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Minerva Central School?
52.9% of students at Minerva Central School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Minerva Central School?
The largest demographic group at Minerva Central School is White at 90.4% of enrollment, in Olmstedville, NY.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Minerva Central School?
Minerva Central School has a Resource Investment Index of 53/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Minerva Central School District?
None reported; Minerva Central School District operates only Minerva Central School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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