ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a minimally staffed elementary campus in MILLBROOK, New York, run under MILLBROOK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 157 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 65% below typical.

MILLBROOK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 744 students. ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 79%. The remainder reads as 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 30% of students at ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Dutchess County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.2%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Dutchess County put median household income runs about $99,478, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students).

MILLBROOK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 53.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ALDEN PLACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 23%, going from 205 students in 2018 to 157 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 16% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

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