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Enrollment
584
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)·NCES 362781003775
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
35 LIME KILN RD, SUFFERN, NY 10901 · (845) 577-6280 · Rockland County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL584 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of New York public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
530 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 29 | 5% |
| Grade 4 | 169 | 29% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 218 | 37% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
21.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
16.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (16.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 584 | 90.8% | 16.7% |
| PS 46 EDGAR ALLAN POE BRONX | 609 | 94.4% | 31.5% |
| ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY | 598 | 89.1% | 19.2% |
| PS 204 MORRIS HEIGHTS BRONX | 576 | 92.7% | 62.0% |
| MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY | 579 | 90.7% | 23.0% |
| ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CHESTNUT RIDGE | 598 | 89.1% | 15.8% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #2,283 of 2,335 | #31 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #2,296 of 2,342 ▼ 44 | #33 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #2,279 of 2,343 ▼ 59 | #30 of 33 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 584 | #522 of 2,585 | #10 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,105 of 2,338 | #30 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #1,701 of 2,388 | #30 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.8% | #376 of 2,534 | #1 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +30.9% | #83 of 606 | #3 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
584
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 352
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 584 | 37.6 | 15.5:1 | 91% (530) |
| 2023-24 | 593 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 84% (499) |
| 2022-23 | 611 | 36.4 | 16.8:1 | 83% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 537 | 38 | 14.1:1 | 88% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 446 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 92% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 83% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 78% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 31 | 12.1:1 | 58% (219) |
| 1990-91 | 352 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students in SUFFERN, New York, as a medium-sized elementary school. The school serves 584 students in grades 3 through 6 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), where 14 schools serve 10,424 students.
Hispanic students account for 78% of enrollment at LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups include 17% Black and 4% White. The county population is about 21% Hispanic. LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 37%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 15.5:1, with 37.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 91%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Rockland County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is F. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 2% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 16.7%, is 24.9 points below the 41.6% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of New York schools.
In Rockland County (population about 341,883), median household income is about $109,959, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in Rockland County, which together enroll about 41,335 students.
The nearest other public school, GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.9 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 9% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 14.1:1 in 2020-21 and 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)
- RAMAPO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,694 students
- SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,501 students
- KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 822 students
- POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 659 students
- CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 637 students
Other schools in SUFFERN
- SUFFERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,450 students
- SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 880 students
- POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 689 students
- RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 437 students
- CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 413 students
- MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 343 students
Nearby schools
- GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 609
- POMONA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 689
- HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 459
- RAMAPO HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,694
- SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 659
- VIOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 325
Frequently asked questions
About LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 584 students in grades 03-06.
Is LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
How many teachers does LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
What is the student diversity at LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 78% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.