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MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized K-5 school in MIDDLETOWN, New York, operated by MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 454 students spanning grades K through 2.
MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,444 students. MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 18% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household earnings sit near $97,178, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MINISINK VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked up 3%, going from 442 students in 2018 to 454 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.
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