HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the average-sized K-5 schools in SPRING VALLEY, New York, run under EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), with 459 students on its rolls from grades K through 6.

HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 schools operated by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), a district that serves 10,424 students overall.

Looking at the student body, HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 17% Black, 3% Asian, 3% White. By comparison, Rockland County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Rockland County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.1%; HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 22.6%, -22.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Rockland County put the typical household earns roughly $109,959 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Rockland County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), of which HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RAMAPO HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 25.6%.

HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 495 (now 459). Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 76% across the same window.

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