KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL
Set in CARMEL, New York, KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary-level community, operated by CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 366 students across grades K through 4.
KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 3,651 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 42% White, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Putnam County's rate of about 29%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.5%; this one delivers 58.1%.
In the area at large, census data for Putnam County shows median household income runs about $126,257, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 12,955 students).
KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.0%.
KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.
Over the past 7-year window. KENT PRIMARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 395 (now 366). The White share of enrollment contracted from 51% to 42% over that span.
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