GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized K-5 school in NEWBURGH, New York, GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 612 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 12 schools operated by NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 10,762 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 18% White, 12% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 59.7%; actual is 34.4%, a gap of -25.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household income runs about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).

The closest other public school is MEADOW HILL SCHOOL, roughly 1.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 12%: 697 students in 2018 compared to 612 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 54% to 61% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 today.

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