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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362301003226
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
78 HOLLAND AVE, PINE BUSH, NY 12566 · (845) 744-2031 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% 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.
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
14.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
178 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
45.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (45.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 524 | 34.0% | 45.3% |
| JOSEPH A EDGAR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ROCKY POINT | 542 | 34.5% | 36.8% |
| BLACK RIVER SCHOOL BLACK RIVER | 572 | 33.7% | 52.3% |
| KLEM ROAD SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 517 | 31.3% | 57.3% |
| PLANK ROAD NORTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEBSTER | 499 | 34.3% | 54.5% |
| CHARLES A LINDBERGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUFFALO | 496 | 35.5% | 58.5% |
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 E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.3% | #1,376 of 2,335 | #23 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,458 of 2,342 ▼ 27 | #25 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,269 of 2,343 ▲ 180 | #17 of 40 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #717 of 2,585 | #19 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,971 of 2,338 | #37 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.1% | #1,422 of 2,388 | #40 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.0% | #1,872 of 2,534 | #30 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.4% | #1,119 of 1,757 | #17 of 31 |
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
524
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 830
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 524 | 35.9 | 14.6:1 | 34% (178) |
| 2023-24 | 536 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 40% (213) |
| 2022-23 | 523 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 41% (217) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 43% (227) |
| 2017-18 | 585 | 43.5 | 13.4:1 | 37% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 44 | 13.4:1 | 39% (227) |
| 2010-11 | 653 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 30% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 19% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 830 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public medium-sized elementary school in PINE BUSH, New York. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 524 students enrolled.
PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 7 schools and 4,710 students, including E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
At E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, White students make up 71% of the student body. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic and 6% Black. Census figures show Orange County is about 62% White. The school's diversity index is 45%, meaning two students picked at random have a 45% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1 at E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 35.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 34%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 62.5%. E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 45.3%, 17.3 points below that line.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 82 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 57,122 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, CRISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 530 students in 2020-21 and 524 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2020-21 to 14.6:1 in 2024-25.
The E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 648 students
- CRISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
- CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 484 students
- CIRCLEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 466 students
- PAKANASINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 412 students
Other schools in PINE BUSH
- PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,562 students
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 648 students
- CRISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 614 students
Nearby schools
- CRISPELL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 614
- PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,562
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 648
- JOHN G BORDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL6.5 mi · 409
- WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.5 mi · 447
- OSTRANDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.6 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
Is E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 71% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
E J RUSSELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PINE BUSH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.