LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in SUFFERN, New York, one of the schools within EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY). Current enrollment sits at 584 students spanning grades 3 through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 32% above that benchmark.

LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 14 schools operated by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), a district that educates 10,424 students overall.

In terms of who attends, LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 78% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 17% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Rockland County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.6%; LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 16.7%, -24.9 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Rockland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,959 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rockland County runs 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), of which LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.4%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 31%, going from 446 students in 2018 to 584 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 68% to 78%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.