EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school in NEWBURGH, New York, run under VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY). The school caters to 339 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 23% below that benchmark.

Within VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY), which oversees 6 schools and 4,152 students, EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 38% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Orange County put the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).

Nearest neighbor: MEADOW HILL SCHOOL, around 2.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has remained close to its prior level, going from 333 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 66% to 53%. Class-load math has widened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.