GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL

Set in KINGSTON, New York, GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, overseen by KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 492 students across grades pre-K through 4.

KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 5,877 students; GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 38% White, 9% Black, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 12%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.1%; GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL posts 31.3%, -29.8 points below that line.

In the area at large, Ulster County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,271, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL is one of 45 public schools in Ulster County (combined enrollment of about 20,189 students).

Nearest neighbor: KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 390 (now 492). The White share of enrollment grew from 32% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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