KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of tight-knit scale in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, operated by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 368 students in grades 2 through 6.

Across the 15 schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (10,199 students total), KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Dutchess County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Dutchess County put the typical household earns roughly $99,478 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Dutchess County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 58.0%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 39%, going from 265 students in 2018 to 368 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 9% to 24% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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