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Alumni: what's one memory from BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
545
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004013
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
16 WEDGEWOOD RD, FISHKILL, NY 12524 · (845) 897-6800 · Dutchess County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL545 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
110 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (66) is 18% smaller than its 6th grade class (80).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 70.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 545 | 20.2% | 68.9% |
| ORENDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLIFTON PARK | 548 | 20.1% | 61.8% |
| SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 517 | 19.0% | 58.0% |
| TACKAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NESCONSET | 470 | 19.4% | 69.0% |
| ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MASSAPEQUA | 536 | 16.6% | 65.8% |
| MOUNT PLEASANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 479 | 16.5% | 49.5% |
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 BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #435 of 2,335 | #1 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #943 of 2,342 ▼ 359 | #9 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #362 of 2,343 ▼ 95 | #1 of 36 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #650 of 2,585 | #7 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #1,985 of 2,338 | #36 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.5% | #1,305 of 2,388 | #35 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.2% | #2,226 of 2,534 | #41 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #935 of 1,757 | #13 of 24 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
545
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 541
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 545 | 37.2 | 14.7:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2023-24 | 559 | 35.2 | 15.9:1 | 21% (117) |
| 2022-23 | 570 | 34 | 16.8:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 630 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 36 | 18.0:1 | 14% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 13% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 35 | 16.4:1 | 9% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 541 | 38 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A mid-sized elementary school in FISHKILL, New York, BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Total enrollment is 545 students, and the grades served are kindergarten through 6. It has 23% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (15 schools, 10,199 students) runs BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
The share of White students at BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 70%, a majority. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Dutchess County at about 69% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.7:1. The school has 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. In all, 20% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 40% average among public schools in Dutchess County.
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 75% of New York public elementary schools.
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 68.9%, compared with a predicted 67.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Dutchess County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $99,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 76 public schools and about 36,885 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, ORCHARD VIEW ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL, is about 1.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd among 8 schools close by.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 545, close to the 551 recorded in 2020-21.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,768 students
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
Other schools in FISHKILL
- GLENHAM SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
Nearby schools
- ORCHARD VIEW ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 58
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,768
- FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 334
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL3.4 mi · 836
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.7 mi · 1,557
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 545 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.