LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a close-knit elementary campus in NEW CITY, New York, run under CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 369 students spanning grades K through 5.

CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,821 students. LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Rockland County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 70.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Rockland County) logs that median household earnings sit near $109,959, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rockland County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 61.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 361 students in 2018 compared to 369 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 63% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.