KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL

KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in MONTICELLO, New York, one of the schools within MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 466 students in grades 3 through 5.

KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 2,695 students overall.

On demographics, KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL records that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 30% White, 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 19% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sullivan County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 45.8%; actual is 18.8%, a gap of -27.0 points.

Around the school, census data for Sullivan County shows median household earnings sit near $72,382, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Sullivan County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students), of which KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 32.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 449 students in 2018 compared to 466 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 46% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.