CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located at 234 HUDSON ST, in CORNWALL ON HUDSON, New York, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a modestly sized elementary-level community that educates 239 students (grades K through 4), overseen by CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 46% below that benchmark.
CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 2,985 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest looks like 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 11% of students at CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Orange County's rate of about 44%.
After controlling for student poverty, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.0%; this one delivers 80.7%.
In the area at large, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CORNWALL MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 62.3%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Over the past 7-year window. CORNWALL-ON-HUDSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 238 (now 239).
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