ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL

ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, one of the schools within ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 496 students in grades K through 5.

ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 7,644 students. ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 18% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.6%; this one delivers 42.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Dutchess County put median household income runs about $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students).

Nearest neighbor: POUGHKEEPSIE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 29.7%.

ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 16%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 496 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 51% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

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