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Enrollment
594
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362070002903
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL
364 FOSTERTOWN RD, NEWBURGH, NY 12550 · (845) 568-6425 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL594 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% 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.
- C+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
11.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
275 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
55%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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL this school | 594 | 46.3% | 48.0% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 602 | 46.7% | 39.3% |
| GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 612 | 41.5% | 34.4% |
| STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY POINT | 666 | 49.1% | 45.0% |
| POST ROAD SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 605 | 44.0% | 48.5% |
| CHURCH STREET SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 597 | 42.5% | 47.1% |
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 FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,249 of 2,335 | #17 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,296 of 2,342 ▲ 3 | #16 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,432 of 2,343 ▼ 180 | #23 of 40 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 594 | #492 of 2,585 | #15 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #1,204 of 2,338 | #24 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.8% | #1,015 of 2,388 | #25 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.3% | #1,510 of 2,534 | #18 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #1,175 of 1,757 | #18 of 31 |
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
594
-30 (-5%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 594 | 50.2 | 11.8:1 | 46% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 585 | 52.3 | 11.2:1 | 50% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 588 | 53.3 | 11.0:1 | 46% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 624 | 52 | 12.0:1 | 44% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 658 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 45% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 648 | 44 | 14.7:1 | 58% (373) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 44 | 13.1:1 | 48% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 647 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 45% (293) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 38 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL.
About FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in NEWBURGH, New York, (ZIP code 12550). The grade span is kindergarten through 5, and enrollment is 594 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is one of 12 schools in NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 10,762 students in total.
At FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 63% of the student body. It is also 16% White, 14% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Orange County is roughly 24% Hispanic. FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
The teaching staff at FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 11.8:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 46%. That tracks the 44% average for public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 42% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 58.0%. FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL scores 48.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household income is $97,178, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is ahead of the 35.8% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 30 fewer students in 2024-25.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMYHigh · 3,550 students
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOLElementary · 982 students
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 788 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 782 students
Other schools in NEWBURGH
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMYHigh · 3,550 students
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOLElementary · 982 students
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 788 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 782 students
- GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 612
- BALMVILLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 376
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOL2.8 mi · 982
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOL2.8 mi · 788
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY3.0 mi · 3,550
- LEPTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 460
Frequently asked questions
About FOSTERTOWN SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL?
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 594 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL serve?
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL are roughly 16% White, 63% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL in?
FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL is part of NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.