Enrollment
113
New York · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Caroga Lake, NY
Wheelerville School
Federal NCES profile for Wheelerville School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 59/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 363120004173
👥 S:T ratio 68
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 72
📋 Attendance 67
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Wheelerville School earns 59/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 89% of New York schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in New York.
- 59
- Resource Index · Higher
- 8.1:1
- small classes for New York
- 40.2%
- free-lunch eligible
- 113
- students enrolled
Wheelerville School has class sizes smaller than 89% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Wheelerville Union Free School District · New York
NCES ID 363120004173 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
8.1:1
vs 11.8:1 New York avg
-31% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
40.2%
vs 56.2% New York avg
-28% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Wheelerville School compares with New York and U.S. medians
What stands out at Wheelerville School
Small campus with unusually lean teacher staffing
Wheelerville 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
Wheelerville 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.
A combined-grade campus has a different support burden
Wheelerville School serves a combined grade span rather than a conventional elementary, middle, or high-school band. That structure can require the same campus to cover transitions, counseling needs, and programs for students at substantially different developmental stages, so a single staffing ratio deserves more caution than it would at a narrower-grade school. Federal totals show the available people and programs, but not how those resources are divided among grade levels.
Wheelerville School is a small combined-grade school in Caroga Lake, New York, enrolling 113 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 8.1:1, Wheelerville School is leaner than roughly 89% of New York schools and 31% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 40.2% of students eligible for free meals.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 97% of New York schools, with 113 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 94% of the 4,801 New York schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Against 45 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #7.
Its student body is predominantly White (89% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 21/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 141 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
13.3% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
Wheelerville Union Free School District operates only this one school, so Wheelerville School has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 113 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 Wheelerville School compares
Wheelerville 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 | 8.1:1 | ▼ 31% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 40.2% | ▼ 28% | 56.2% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 113 | top 97% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
8.1:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
113
Bigger than 11% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
40.2%
free-lunch eligible
- 28% 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
8.1:1
students per teacher
- 31% below state mean
Top 11% in New York - lower ratio than 89% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
13.3%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$32,788
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
Counselors0.8 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
11
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 9.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 13.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 88.5%
Two or More 10.6%
Hispanic or Latino 0.9%
Largest group: White at 88.5% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 20.5/100
Simpson diversity index - at 20.5, Wheelerville School is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Wheelerville Union Free School District, which includes Wheelerville School.
$32,788
Per student
+17%
vs New York
Avg $28,120
+86%
vs U.S.
Avg $17,658
Revenue mix
Local 51.7%
State 39.2%
Federal 9.1%
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 (~113 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~8.1:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Wheelerville School
How many students attend Wheelerville School?
Wheelerville School has 113 students enrolled. It is a public school in Caroga Lake, NY.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Wheelerville School?
The student-teacher ratio at Wheelerville School is 8.1:1, which is 31% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 48% 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 Wheelerville School?
40.2% of students at Wheelerville School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Wheelerville School?
The largest demographic group at Wheelerville School is White at 88.5% of enrollment, in Caroga Lake, NY.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Wheelerville School?
Wheelerville School has a Resource Investment Index of 59/100 (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 Wheelerville Union Free School District?
None reported; Wheelerville Union Free School District operates only Wheelerville School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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