FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact K-5 school in FORT MONTGOMERY, New York, part of HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 187 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.

HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 930 students. FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 51% of students at FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Around the school, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 194 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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