Enrollment
214
Elementary
DISTRICT 303 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361419001164
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
239 WATCH HILL RD, CORTLANDT MANOR, NY 10567 · (914) 257-5600 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–02ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL214 STUDENTS
C+
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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.
- CBeats 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
8.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.2:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
49 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 77 | 36% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 28% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 1% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→FRANK G LINDSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL→HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2023-24 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 53.2%
Math
62.0%
NY avg 56.5%
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 53 and 56.
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
51.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (51.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 214 | 22.9% | 51.7% |
| WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEDFORD HILLS | 250 | 20.0% | 76.8% |
| SOUTH BAY SCHOOL WEST BABYLON | 288 | 25.7% | 60.5% |
| EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 271 | 27.3% | 57.7% |
| J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEACON | 234 | 32.1% | 53.0% |
| CENTRE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST ROCKAWAY | 239 | 31.8% | 56.3% |
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 FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,092 of 2,335 | #69 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,013 of 2,342 | #73 of 127 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,380 of 2,343 | #84 of 127 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 214 | #2,344 of 2,585 | #140 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.9:1 | #163 of 2,338 | #4 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #492 of 2,388 | #23 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.9% | #2,156 of 2,534 | #85 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #1,135 of 1,757 | #44 of 100 |
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
214
-24 (-10%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 293
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 9.9:1
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 | 214 | 24.1 | 8.9:1 | 23% (49) |
| 2023-24 | 321 | 32.1 | 10.0:1 | 37% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 33.5 | 10.8:1 | 32% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 238 | 24 | 9.9:1 | 16% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 238 | 16 | 14.9:1 | 16% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 243 | 16 | 15.2:1 | 9% (21) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 10% (32) |
| 2000-01 | 372 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 1% (2) |
| 1990-91 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in CORTLANDT MANOR, New York. It serves 214 students in pre-K through 2. The average among elementary schools in New York is roughly 443 students; this school is 52% smaller than that.
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 5 schools and 2,173 students.
White students are the largest group at FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 48% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 7% Black, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 65%.
Dividing enrollment by its 24.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 8.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 23%. Public schools in Westchester County average 38%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.7%, compared with a predicted 66.6%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Westchester County show that median household income is about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County, which together enroll about 140,968 students.
The nearest public school is BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.2 miles. FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 53.5% proficiency; FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 51.7%.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 238 to 214. Federal data show the ratio falling from 9.9:1 to 8.9:1.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 729 students
- BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 534 students
- FRANK G LINDSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 472 students
- BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
Other schools in CORTLANDT MANOR
- WALTER PANAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 845 students
- BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 534 students
Nearby schools
- BLUE MOUNTAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 534
- WALTER PANAS HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 845
- WOODSIDE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 511
- HENDRICK HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 729
- PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,178
- FRANK G LINDSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 214 students in grades PK-02.
What grades does FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-02.
How many teachers does FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the student diversity at FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 48% White, 34% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FURNACE WOODS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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