FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 17 LAKE WALTON RD, in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York, FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier K-5 school that serves 602 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 36% above that benchmark.

WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,199 students. FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school records 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Dutchess County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dutchess County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.0%, the actual is 62.0%, a residual of -4.0 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Dutchess County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dutchess County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 60.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 8% since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 602). The White share of enrollment fell from 81% to 68% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

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