Enrollment
432
Elementary
DISTRICT 383 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362580003544
CAHILL SCHOOL
134 MAIN ST, SAUGERTIES, NY 12477 · (845) 247-6800 · Ulster County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL432 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 41% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
217 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 61 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (61).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 CAHILL SCHOOL
CAHILL SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAHILL SCHOOL this school | 432 | 50.2% | 47.1% |
| FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FREDONIA | 432 | 51.2% | 44.1% |
| CALCIUM PRIMARY SCHOOL CALCIUM | 480 | 45.4% | 45.0% |
| PS 84 STEINWAY ASTORIA | 353 | 51.6% | 69.3% |
| CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CIRCLEVILLE | 484 | 47.7% | 39.1% |
| TRI-VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GRAHAMSVILLE | 471 | 50.1% | 44.3% |
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 CAHILL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,290 of 2,335 | #14 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,341 of 2,342 ▲ 18 | #12 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,348 of 2,343 ▼ 45 | #12 of 21 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 432 | #1,190 of 2,585 | #6 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #883 of 2,338 | #14 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #776 of 2,388 | #8 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #1,402 of 2,534 | #5 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +45.0% | #50 of 606 | N/A |
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
432
+182 (+73%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 440
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 432 | 39 | 11.1:1 | 50% (217) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 37.8 | 10.9:1 | 48% (196) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 37.8 | 10.5:1 | 55% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 250 | 23 | 10.9:1 | 58% (144) |
| 2017-18 | 298 | 19 | 15.7:1 | 55% (164) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 24 | 15.4:1 | 60% (222) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 33 | 10.8:1 | 45% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 563 | 35 | 16.1:1 | 27% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 440 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAHILL SCHOOL.
About CAHILL SCHOOL
CAHILL SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school based in SAUGERTIES, New York. The school counts 432 students across kindergarten through 6.
SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 5 schools. Together they enroll 2,287 students.
CAHILL SCHOOL is 57% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Ulster County, the White share is about 75%. CAHILL SCHOOL's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.1:1, with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 50% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Ulster County report 41%.
CAHILL SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 41% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, CAHILL SCHOOL would be expected to post about 56.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.1%.
Across Ulster County, the median household income is $86,271, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 38%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Ulster County has 45 public schools and roughly 20,189 students.
SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. In all, 6 other public schools sit within five miles of CAHILL SCHOOL. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, CAHILL SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 250 to 432. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
Topics for discussion here include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 800 students
- RICCARDI ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 410 students
- SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 338 students
- MORSE SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- MOUNT MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in SAUGERTIES
- SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 800 students
- SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 338 students
- MORSE SCHOOLElementary · 307 students
- MOUNT MARION ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- SAUGERTIES JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 338
- SAUGERTIES SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 800
- RICCARDI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 410
- MORSE SCHOOL3.9 mi · 307
- GERMANTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.8 mi · 282
- GERMANTOWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.8 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About CAHILL SCHOOLHow many students attend CAHILL SCHOOL?
CAHILL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 432 students in grades KG-06.
Is CAHILL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CAHILL SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at CAHILL SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at CAHILL SCHOOL.
How diverse is CAHILL SCHOOL?
CAHILL SCHOOL reports a student body of 57% White, 27% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees CAHILL SCHOOL?
CAHILL SCHOOL is overseen by SAUGERTIES CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ulster County.
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