KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in CARMEL, New York, operated by CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 384 students spanning grades K through 4.

CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,651 students; KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 59%. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Putnam County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 64.9%; this one comes in at 41.8%, -23.1 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Putnam County shows median household income runs about $126,257, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Putnam County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,955 students), of which KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 450 (now 384). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 24% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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