BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as an intimate primary school in BARDONIA, New York, operated by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 351 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 21% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,821 students; BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Rockland County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Rockland County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of -4.0 points.

In the broader community, Rockland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,959 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in Rockland County (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students).

The closest other public school is CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.3%.

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 13%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 55% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 in 2025.

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