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Enrollment
612
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362070002904
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6 PLATTEKILL TPKE, NEWBURGH, NY 12550 · (845) 568-6400 · Orange County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL612 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
254 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
58%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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-25.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 60% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 612 | 41.5% | 34.4% |
| CHURCH STREET SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 597 | 42.5% | 47.1% |
| POST ROAD SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 605 | 44.0% | 48.5% |
| FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 594 | 46.3% | 48.0% |
| PARK SCHOOL OSSINING | 572 | 40.0% | N/A |
| BROOKSIDE SCHOOL OSSINING | 672 | 44.3% | N/A |
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 GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,868 of 2,335 | #35 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,774 of 2,342 ▲ 266 | #31 of 40 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,801 of 2,343 ▲ 165 | #33 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 612 | #420 of 2,585 | #12 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #1,506 of 2,338 | #32 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #801 of 2,388 | #17 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.5% | #1,649 of 2,534 | #23 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.2% | #1,012 of 1,757 | #10 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
612
-13 (-2%) vs 2020
+17% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 612 | 48.4 | 12.6:1 | 42% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 51.9 | 11.5:1 | 51% (303) |
| 2022-23 | 619 | 51.6 | 12.0:1 | 44% (275) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 46 | 13.6:1 | 52% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 697 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 53% (371) |
| 2015-16 | 637 | 47 | 13.6:1 | 68% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 639 | 46 | 13.9:1 | 57% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 729 | 46 | 15.8:1 | 46% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school located in NEWBURGH, New York. A federal count lists 612 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 38% larger than that.
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, where 12 schools serve 10,762 students.
By race and ethnicity, GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 18% White, 12% Black, and 7% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Orange County's population at about 24%. GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 12.6:1 comes from the school's 48.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in New York average about 12.8:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 42% in 2024-25. That is close to the 44% average for public schools in Orange County.
allk12 grades GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a D. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.7%. The school's actual rate is 34.4%, 25.4 points lower.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that median household income is about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 82 public schools in Orange County.
The nearest public school is MEADOW HILL SCHOOL, at about 1.3 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Enrollment went from 625 in 2020-21 to 612 in 2024-25, a change of 13 students.
Conversations here can range across 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
- FOSTERTOWN SCHOOLElementary · 594 students
- HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
Nearby schools
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOL1.3 mi · 982
- FOSTERTOWN SCHOOL1.6 mi · 594
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY2.4 mi · 3,550
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOL2.4 mi · 788
- BALMVILLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 376
- EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 339
Frequently asked questions
About GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 612 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.6:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 61% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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