ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier primary school in MONSEY, New York, operated by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY). Current enrollment sits at 598 students spanning grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 14 schools in EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY) (10,424 students total), ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment; the rest consists of 16% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian. By comparison, Rockland County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Rockland County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 42.2%; ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 19.2%, -23.0 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Rockland County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,959 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Rockland County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), of which ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 13%: 529 students in 2018 compared to 598 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 62% to 72%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.