MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a sprawling K-5 school in HUDSON, New York, part of HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosts 689 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 56% above typical.

HUDSON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,522 students. MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 12% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Columbia County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.7%; MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 27.6%, -24.0 points below that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Columbia County put the typical household earns roughly $81,528 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Columbia County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,006 students), of which MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged up 22%, going from 567 students in 2018 to 689 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 17% to 24% over that span.

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