KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 465 VIOLA RD, in SPRING VALLEY, New York, KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a roomy 6-8 campus that teaches 822 students (grades 4 through 8), overseen by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY). Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 55% larger than typical.

Within EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), which oversees 14 schools and 10,424 students, KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 76% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 10.3:1, putting KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Rockland County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.0%; this one delivers 37.4%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rockland County put median household earnings sit near $109,959, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Rockland County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), of which KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EAST RAMAPO EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT KAKIAT, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 23.3%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 11%, going from 738 students in 2018 to 822 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 52% to 76% across the same window.

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