FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 20 CHURCH ST, in FISHKILL, New York, FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary-level community that educates 334 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 15 schools and 10,199 students, FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 25% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dutchess County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.9%; this one delivers 59.8%.

In the surrounding community, Dutchess County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dutchess County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GLENHAM SCHOOL, roughly 1.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 334 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 17% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.