Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362034001870
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
51 RED HILL RD, NEW CITY, NY 10956 · (845) 624-3494 · Rockland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
72 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 32% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
48.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
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 LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 366 | 19.7% | 49.8% |
| LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 369 | 21.4% | 70.6% |
| VIRGINIA ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 328 | 19.8% | N/A |
| HUTCHINSON SCHOOL PELHAM | 366 | 23.0% | 69.7% |
| WEST END SCHOOL LYNBROOK | 386 | 23.1% | 75.5% |
| KENSICO SCHOOL VALHALLA | 352 | 19.3% | 57.6% |
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 LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #1,173 of 2,335 | #17 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,336 of 2,342 ▼ 185 | #18 of 33 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,431 of 2,343 ▼ 334 | #19 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #1,572 of 2,585 | #25 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #852 of 2,338 | #16 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.7% | #428 of 2,388 | #15 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.7% | #2,242 of 2,534 | #29 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #543 of 606 | #15 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
366
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 483
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 366 | 33.2 | 11.0:1 | 20% (72) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 32.5 | 11.2:1 | 21% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 370 | 31.8 | 11.6:1 | 17% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 32 | 11.2:1 | 16% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 361 | 29.1 | 12.4:1 | 9% (33) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 27 | 13.8:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 26 | 17.4:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 27 | 17.4:1 | 7% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 483 | 42 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school serving families in NEW CITY, New York. The school enrolls 366 students in kindergarten through 5.
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 16 schools and 7,821 students.
About 47% of students at LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. The school is also 32% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 62%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 20% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Rockland County average 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 35% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 49.8% actual against 67.8% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Rockland County show that median household income comes to 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. Rockland County counts 66 public schools with about 41,335 students.
ROCKLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT, about 1.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 7th among 7 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (358) and 2024-25 (366).
This page is set up for the LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,386 students
- CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 612 students
- FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
- NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
Other schools in NEW CITY
- CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 659 students
- NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
- WOODGLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 398 students
- LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 369 students
- LITTLE TOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 264 students
Nearby schools
- ROCKLAND COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT1.2 mi · 7
- LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 369
- FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 609
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 679
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 612
- LITTLE TOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 264
Frequently asked questions
About LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.0:1 students per teacher at LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 47% White, 32% Hispanic, 5% Black, 13% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.