MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL

As a modestly sized primary school in SUFFERN, New York, MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL works with 343 students from grades 3 through 5, one of the schools within SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 23% below the state mean of about 443.

SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,170 students; MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL records that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% White, 11% Black, 8% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 43% of students at MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.3%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of -13.1 points.

In the broader community, Rockland County reports that the typical household earns roughly $109,959 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Rockland County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SUFFERN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.2%.

MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONTEBELLO ROAD SCHOOL has ticked down 6%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 343 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 45% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 today.

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