BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of moderately sized scale in FISHKILL, New York, one of the schools within WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolling 545 students in grades K through 6. That puts it 23% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 schools operated by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 10,199 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible 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 lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Dutchess County shows 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. BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students).

The closest other public school is ORCHARD VIEW ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.2%.

BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 630 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 76% to 70% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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