CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CHESTER, New York, CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school, one of the schools within CHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It serves 393 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 2 schools in CHESTER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (931 students total), CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 40% White, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 54.7%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 403 students in 2018 compared to 393 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 33% to 43%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.