EVANS PARK SCHOOL

EVANS PARK SCHOOL is a small elementary school in PEARL RIVER, New York, overseen by PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 291 students in grades K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 34% below typical.

Within PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,148 students, EVANS PARK SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, EVANS PARK SCHOOL shows that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Rockland County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, EVANS PARK SCHOOL reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting EVANS PARK SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Rockland County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EVANS PARK SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.9%, the actual is 74.3%, a residual of +4.4 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Rockland County indicate median household income runs about $109,959, 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 EVANS PARK SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EVANS PARK SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.3%.

EVANS PARK SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 291 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 75% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.