Enrollment
297
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004017
JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
747 SERGEANT PALMATEER WAY, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 · (845) 298-5240 · Dutchess County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL297 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
134 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (38) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (45).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +12.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
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JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 297 | 45.1% | 52.4% |
| ALLEGHANY AVENUE SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 319 | 47.0% | 51.1% |
| WEST GATES AVENUE SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 303 | 40.3% | 48.3% |
| RUTH C KINNEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 314 | 40.1% | 47.3% |
| CONNETQUOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 352 | 42.6% | N/A |
| E R CROSBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE KATRINE | 311 | 52.4% | 50.7% |
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 JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,071 of 2,335 | #17 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #944 of 2,342 ▲ 250 | #10 of 36 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,084 of 2,343 ▲ 14 | #15 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 297 | #2,011 of 2,585 | #31 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,879 of 2,338 | #34 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #671 of 2,388 | #16 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #1,545 of 2,534 | #14 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #1,066 of 1,757 | #15 of 24 |
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
297
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 297 | 21.2 | 14.0:1 | 45% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 320 | 21.3 | 15.0:1 | 49% (158) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 21.2 | 15.0:1 | 33% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 35% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 335 | 22 | 15.2:1 | 38% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 356 | 22 | 16.2:1 | 35% (126) |
| 2010-11 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 28% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 23% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 747 SERGEANT PALMATEER WAY in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York, JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 6 and reported 297 students in 2024-25. The school is 33% below the average for elementary schools in New York.
The 15 schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 10,199 students altogether, JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Of every 100 students at JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 55 are White. The rest of enrollment is 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Dutchess County, the White share is about 69%. The diversity index for JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 61%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 21.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. At JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
On the allk12 Grade, JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at B-, ahead of 51% of New York public elementary schools.
Test results at JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 6.0 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.4% actual, 58.4% predicted).
Dutchess County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $99,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. There are 76 public schools in the county, enrolling about 36,885, JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
Of the public schools around it, JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest to WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 57.0%; JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 52.4%, ranking 8th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 293 students in 2020-21 and 297 in 2024-25.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,768 students
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
Other schools in WAPPINGERS FALLS
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
Nearby schools
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 764
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,557
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL1.8 mi · 836
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 612
- MARLBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 780
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 455
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 297 students in grades KG-06.
Is JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.0:1 (21 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 55% White, 28% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
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