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What's the one class at MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 565 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY)·NCES 362781003776
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
25 MARGETTS RD, MONSEY, NY 10952 · (845) 577-6190 · Rockland County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
525 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 109 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 168 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 182 | 31% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
Student demographics
43%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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→KAKIAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
29.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
30.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 15.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (23.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 579 | 90.7% | 23.0% |
| ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONSEY | 598 | 89.1% | 19.2% |
| FRANK A SEDITA SCHOOL #30 BUFFALO | 614 | 93.0% | 14.3% |
| LIME KILN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUFFERN | 584 | 90.8% | 16.7% |
| PS 8 ISAAC VARIAN BRONX | 600 | 92.3% | 38.2% |
| D'YOUVILLE-PORTER CAMPUS BUFFALO | 521 | 94.0% | 10.9% |
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 MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #2,193 of 2,335 | #27 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,103 of 2,342 ▲ 143 | #27 of 33 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #2,149 of 2,343 ▲ 110 | #27 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #539 of 2,585 | #11 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,013 of 2,338 | #28 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.5% | #1,480 of 2,388 | #26 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.7% | #381 of 2,534 | #2 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.8% | #519 of 606 | #14 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
579
+19 (+3%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 579 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 91% (525) |
| 2023-24 | 603 | 35.6 | 17.0:1 | 78% (468) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 37 | 16.5:1 | 68% (417) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 36 | 15.6:1 | 77% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 32 | 17.8:1 | 86% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 31 | 16.5:1 | 82% (419) |
| 2010-11 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 75% (381) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 68% (346) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 32 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in MONSEY, New York. It teaches 579 students in kindergarten through 3. It has 31% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
In EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY), 14 schools enroll a combined 10,424 students.
The largest group at MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 73%. Next come 13% Black, 8% White, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Rockland County residents are about 21% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Classroom staffing at MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL totals 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.8:1. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 91%. Across public schools in Rockland County, the average is 48%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 18.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 23.0%. Predicted: 41.6%.
In the wider Rockland County area, the median household earns about $109,959 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Rockland County, 66 public schools serve about 41,335 students.
CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 1.1 miles from MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th among 8 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 579, compared with 560 in 2020-21.
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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 MONSEY
- GRANDVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 609 students
- ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
Nearby schools
- CHESTNUT RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 637
- ELDORADO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 598
- SPRING VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,501
- ELMWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 598
- FLEETWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 609
- CHERRY LANE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 579 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
How many teachers does MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MARGETTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by EAST RAMAPO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (SPRING VALLEY).
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