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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362034001860

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

31 BARDONIA RD, BARDONIA, NY 10954 · (845) 639-6460 · Rockland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of New York public elementary schools
  • B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools

Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
106 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten7421%
Grade 14914%
Grade 25716%
Grade 35014%
Grade 45215%
Grade 56920%

This year's kindergarten class (74) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (69).

Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
12937%
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
12435%
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
298%
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
5415%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
134%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
17650%
Female
17550%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2567.0%67.0%
2023-2451.0%62.0%
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Schools most like BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (59.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school35130.2%59.9%
PECK SLIP SCHOOL (THE)
NEW YORK
30732.6%68.8%
GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NANUET
40928.6%N/A
HIGHVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
NANUET
31432.2%62.4%
PS 452
NEW YORK
40434.9%73.6%
JACKSON AVENUE SCHOOL
MINEOLA
43630.0%51.2%
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Rockland County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
59.9%#749 of 2,335#12 of 33
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
67.0%#816 of 2,342
▲ 42
#10 of 33
▲ 2
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
67.0%#652 of 2,343
▲ 188
#10 of 33
▲ 2
Enrollment
ranked largest first
351#1,660 of 2,585#26 of 36
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.4:1#579 of 2,338#7 of 35
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
70.8%#182 of 2,388#3 of 35
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
30.2%#1,969 of 2,534#20 of 36
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-13.1%#955 of 1,757#2 of 18
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
351
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2535133.810.4:130% (106)
2023-2435533.810.5:130% (108)
2022-2335432.311.0:121% (73)
2020-213703111.9:118% (68)
2017-1840429.213.8:118% (71)
2015-163862614.8:114% (54)
2010-114043013.5:19% (38)
2000-014302417.9:17% (31)
1990-914693513.4:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school based in BARDONIA, New York. There are 351 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 21% below that mark.

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 16 schools serve 7,821 students.

No group is above 50% at BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 37%. After that, the student body is 35% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Rockland County, the White share is about 62%. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.

BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 10.4 students per teacher, from 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in New York, the average ratio is 12.8:1. Lunch program data show 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 18 points below the 48% average for public schools in Rockland County.

On the allk12 Grade, BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 61% of New York public elementary schools.

On BeatsExpectations, BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.0 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.

Rockland County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $109,959 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Rockland County with 65 other public schools.

Of the public schools around it, BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 67.3% on proficiency, and BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 59.9%.

Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.

Enrollment figures show a decline of 19 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 11.9:1 in 2020-21 and 10.4:1 in 2024-25.

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Rockland County at a glance

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Population
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students

Quick facts

School name
BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
31 BARDONIA RD, BARDONIA, NY 10954
Phone
(845) 639-6460
County
Rockland County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
351
Teachers (FTE)
34
Student–teacher ratio
10.4:1
Free and reduced lunch
106 (30%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
362034001860
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.4:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 37% White, 35% Hispanic, 8% Black, 15% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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