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FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL
FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in FONDA, New York, part of FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 511 students in grades pre-K through 4.
FONDA-FULTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,242 students. FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL lists that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Montgomery County's rate of about 62%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.6%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Montgomery County) shows that median household income runs about $64,943, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
FONDA-FULTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 59.3%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 511 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the FONDA-FULTONVILLE K-4 SCHOOL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Montgomery County at a glance
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