Best Public Schools in Zip Code 12962

Summary:

The 12962 zip code is home to a single elementary school, Morrisonville Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 and is part of the Saranac Central School District. With a total enrollment of 368 students, Morrisonville Elementary appears to be facing significant academic challenges, underperforming compared to both the district and state averages on key metrics like English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency.

Morrisonville Elementary's academic performance lags behind the Saranac Central School District and New York state averages across grades 3-5. In the 2024-2025 school year, the percentage of Morrisonville students proficient or better in ELA ranged from 18% (4th grade) to 35.59% (3rd grade), compared to the district's 27.1%-37.69% and the state's 54.07%-54.15%. Similarly, the school's Math proficiency rates, ranging from 20.45% (5th grade) to 44.07% (3rd grade), were lower than the district's 28.97%-43.51% and the state's 54.16%-59.7%. Morrisonville's 5th grade science proficiency rate of 27.27% in 2024-2025 was also significantly below the district's 36.56% and the state's 45.02%.

Despite spending a relatively high $24,919 per student, which is above the state average, Morrisonville Elementary has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of New York elementary schools, with a 2024-2025 ranking of 2249 out of 2445 schools and a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. This persistent low performance, coupled with the school's high percentage of students (40.76%) qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, suggests that Morrisonville Elementary is facing significant challenges that warrant further investigation and targeted interventions to support student success.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				NY State Assessments English Language Arts (2025)			NY State Assessments Math (2025)			NY State Assessments Science (2025)	% Completely Immunized (2020)	% Polio (2020)	% Measles (2020)	% Mumps (2020)	% Rubella (2020)	% Diphtheria (2020)	% Hepatitis B (2020)	% Varicella (2020)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 4th Grade	NY State Assessments English Language Arts 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 3rd Grade	NY State Assessments Math 4th Grade	NY State Assessments Math 5th Grade	NY State Assessments Science 5th Grade	% Completely Immunized All Grades	% Polio All Grades	% Measles All Grades	% Mumps All Grades	% Rubella All Grades	% Diphtheria All Grades	% Hepatitis B All Grades	% Varicella All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Morrisonville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	47 Sand Rd	Morrisonville	12962	Clinton County	Saranac Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 565-5980	358	31	11.5	40.5%	334 (93.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (4.5%)	12.7	2249^th of 2445 public elementary schools	8.0%		18.3	2112^th of 2445 public elementary schools	13.6%	137	35.6	18.0	26.7	44.1	22.5	20.5	27.3	99.4	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	99.7	100.0	99.7	$27,966	$1,177	$26,789

Cities Near Zip Code 12962

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Morrisonville	0.88 mi	1	759^th
Plattsburgh	2.94 mi	8	643^rd
West Chazy	6.35 mi	3	441^st
Saranac	7.99 mi	3	540^th
Peru	8.57 mi	3	545^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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