MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 12 PINEBUSH RD, in STONE RIDGE, New York, MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small K-5 school that enrolls 295 students (grades K through 3), overseen by RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 33% leaner than typical.

RONDOUT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,693 students. MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Ulster County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Ulster County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 63.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ulster County put median household earnings sit near $86,271, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ulster County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,189 students), of which MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

RONDOUT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 7% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 295). The White share of enrollment edged down from 86% to 78% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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