GLENHAM SCHOOL

GLENHAM SCHOOL, a reasonably sized primary school in FISHKILL, New York, operated by BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 394 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,580 students total), GLENHAM SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GLENHAM SCHOOL reports that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

On the resource side, On paper, GLENHAM SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting GLENHAM SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GLENHAM SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.3%; actual is 41.0%, a gap of -21.3 points.

Around the school, Dutchess County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,478, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dutchess County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), GLENHAM SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GLENHAM SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 52.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GLENHAM SCHOOL has shrank 6%, going from 418 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 26% to 31%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

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