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Does FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
602
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004015
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
17 LAKE WALTON RD, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 · (845) 227-1770 · Dutchess County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL602 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
147 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 85 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 15% smaller than its 6th grade class (85).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 72.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 602 | 24.4% | 62.0% |
| OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OTISVILLE | 559 | 26.1% | 49.5% |
| VAIL FARM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAGRANGEVILLE | 653 | 22.5% | 53.7% |
| AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 596 | 21.1% | 55.4% |
| MINISINK VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 509 | 27.1% | 38.8% |
| GOSHEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GOSHEN | 603 | 29.7% | 45.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #672 of 2,335 | #6 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #721 of 2,342 ▼ 199 | #4 of 36 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #823 of 2,343 ▲ 108 | #7 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 602 | #455 of 2,585 | #6 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #2,167 of 2,338 | #40 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #1,272 of 2,388 | #34 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.4% | #2,119 of 2,534 | #34 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.5% | #335 of 606 | #10 of 16 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
602
+91 (+18%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 526
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 602 | 37.7 | 16.0:1 | 24% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 36.6 | 16.2:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2022-23 | 562 | 32.1 | 17.5:1 | 18% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 34 | 15.0:1 | 15% (75) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 15% (83) |
| 2015-16 | 602 | 39 | 15.4:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 40 | 16.7:1 | 14% (93) |
| 2000-01 | 624 | 38 | 16.4:1 | 10% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 526 | 34 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York. The school teaches pre-K through 6 and enrolls 602 students. That is 36% bigger than the average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 15 schools and 10,199 students.
Federal enrollment data show FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 68% White. Other groups make up 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. In Dutchess County overall, the White share is about 69%. The diversity index for FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 49%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 16.0 students per teacher, from 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 3.1 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 24% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 40% average for public schools in Dutchess County is 16 points higher.
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of New York public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.0%; the prediction is 66.0%.
The school's county is Dutchess County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $99,478, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dutchess County's 76 public schools enroll about 36,885 students and include FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles from VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 60.0% on proficiency, and FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 62.0%.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
An 18% rise took enrollment from 511 in 2020-21 to 602 in 2024-25.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,768 students
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
Other schools in WAPPINGERS FALLS
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 878
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL2.5 mi · 836
- GAYHEAD SCHOOL2.9 mi · 831
- NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 348
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.2 mi · 1,557
- VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 602 students in grades PK-06.
Is FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the student diversity at FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 68% White, 21% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.