Other / mixed grade configuration · St Johnsville, NY

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 23/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 360110703106
0/100100/10023/100
👥 S:T ratio
64
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
0
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School earns 23/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 81% of New York schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New York schools.

23
Resource Index · Lower
9.1:1
small classes for New York
54.2%
free-lunch eligible
346
students enrolled

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 81% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

346

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

38.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.1:1

vs 11.8:1 New York avg

-23% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

54.2%

vs 56.2% New York avg

-4% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School compares with New York and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.1:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School is a higher-need, mid-sized combined-grade school in St Johnsville, New York, enrolling 346 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 9.1:1 puts it in the smaller third of New York schools by student-teacher ratio.

Its free-meal eligibility rate of 54.2% lands close to the New York typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.

Enrollment of 346 puts it in the smaller third of New York schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 91% of the 4,801 New York schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Among 719 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need New York schools statewide, it ranks #664, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.

Its student body is predominantly White (96% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 7/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 692 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 57.5% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 21.4% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Its district, Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Csd, also runs Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Junior/Senior High School (349 students).

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 Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School compares

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary 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 9.1:1 ▼ 23% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 54.2% ▼ 4% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 346 top 66% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.1:1
Leaner classes than 92% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
346
Bigger than 39% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
54.2%
free-lunch eligible - 4% 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
9.1:1
students per teacher - 23% below state mean
Top 19% in New York - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
57.5%
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
$23,043
per pupil, district-wide - below New York avg of $26,410
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
10
in-school suspensions + 18 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 2.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.1 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 96.2%
Two or More 1.4%
African American 1.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 0.9%
Hispanic or Latino 0.3%

Largest group: White at 96.2% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 7.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 7.4, Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Csd, which includes Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School.

$23,043
Per student
-13%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+39%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 17.8%
State 60.9%
Federal 21.4%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Junior/Senior High School Similar size Similar economic need Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Csd · 1 sibling school

View district profile

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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School

How many students attend Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School?

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School has 346 students enrolled. It is a public school in St Johnsville, NY.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School is 9.1:1, which is 23% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 42% 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 Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School?

54.2% of students at Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School is White at 96.2% of enrollment, in St Johnsville, NY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School?

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 23/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School a good school?

Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School earns 23/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 81% of New York schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New York schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Csd?

Besides Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Elementary School, Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Csd also operates Oppenheim-Ephratah-St Johnsville Junior/Senior High School (349 students). See the Oppenheim-Ephratah-St. Johnsville Csd district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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