COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER

Located at 358 HOMAN RD, in STANFORDVILLE, New York, COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER is a tiny primary school that works with 144 students (grades pre-K through 1), overseen by PINE PLAINS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 67% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PINE PLAINS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 780 students; COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER is among them.

Demographically, COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER lists that White students make up the majority at 79%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Dutchess County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER logs 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 22% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Dutchess County (around 40%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

In the surrounding community, Dutchess County reports that median household income runs about $99,478, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students).

SEYMOUR SMITH INTERMEDIATE LEARNING CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. COLD SPRING EARLY LEARNING CENTER's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 149 (now 144). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 11% to 16%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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