C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school in BREWSTER, New York, run under BREWSTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 664 students in grades 3 through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits 50% larger than that benchmark.

BREWSTER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,988 students. C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 40% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 20%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 41% of students at C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Putnam County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.8%; this one delivers 45.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Putnam County indicate the typical household earns roughly $126,257 per year, roughly 46% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Putnam County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,955 students), C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HENRY H WELLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 714 students in 2018 compared to 664 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 41% to 52%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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