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Enrollment
397
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361629001430
HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL
116 MERILINA AVE, KINGSTON, NY 12401 · (845) 943-3370 · Ulster County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL397 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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
9.3:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
179 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 7% larger than its 4th grade class (68).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
35.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
34.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 58% 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 HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL
HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL's state test result (34.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL this school | 397 | 45.1% | 34.6% |
| CONNETQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 352 | 42.6% | N/A |
| WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WALDEN | 447 | 40.5% | 43.0% |
| CIRCLEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CIRCLEVILLE | 484 | 47.7% | 39.1% |
| ENGLISH VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 346 | 39.3% | N/A |
| NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 463 | 42.8% | 42.0% |
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 HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #1,850 of 2,335 | #17 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,822 of 2,342 ▼ 92 | #17 of 21 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,000 of 2,343 ▲ 46 | #19 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 397 | #1,378 of 2,585 | #9 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #240 of 2,338 | #5 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #272 of 2,388 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #1,546 of 2,534 | #8 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #1,178 of 1,757 | #8 of 16 |
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
397
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 397 | 42.7 | 9.3:1 | 45% (179) |
| 2023-24 | 413 | 41 | 10.1:1 | 51% (212) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 40.4 | 10.3:1 | 55% (229) |
| 2020-21 | 399 | 35 | 11.4:1 | 53% (213) |
| 2017-18 | 439 | 34 | 12.9:1 | 58% (255) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 37 | 12.7:1 | 64% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 443 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 35% (155) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 29% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 491 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL.
About HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL
HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in KINGSTON, New York. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 397 students.
KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL along with 9 other schools, enrolling 5,877 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL, at 45%. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Ulster County, the White share is about 75%. HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL's diversity index is 69%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 42.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.3:1. This ratio sits 3.5 below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 45%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school in New York with HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share would be expected to score about 58.4%. HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL scores 34.6%.
Federal survey data for Ulster County show that the median household income is $86,271, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Ulster County is home to 45 public schools and about 20,189 public school students.
The closest public school to HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL is J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 397, close to the 399 recorded in 2020-21. The ratio was 11.4:1 in 2020-21 and 9.3:1 in 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,749 students
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 936 students
- M CLIFFORD MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 826 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 492 students
- ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Other schools in KINGSTON
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,749 students
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 936 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 492 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
- CHAMBERS SCHOOLElementary · 306 students
Nearby schools
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 936
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL1.0 mi · 492
- ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL1.7 mi · 213
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,749
- CHAMBERS SCHOOL2.6 mi · 306
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 322
Frequently asked questions
About HARRY L EDSON SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL?
HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 397 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL serve?
HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL serves grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.3:1 students per teacher at HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL are roughly 45% White, 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL?
HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL is overseen by KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ulster County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.