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If you had an hour of school board time for MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 456 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY)·NCES 361968001801
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
141 UNION ST, MONTGOMERY, NY 12549 · (845) 457-2400 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
149 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 92 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (92).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Based on grade levels within VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +29.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 29 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 539 | 27.6% | 53.3% |
| LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 598 | 27.1% | 55.0% |
| OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OTISVILLE | 559 | 26.1% | 49.5% |
| CLAYTON HUEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 586 | 29.0% | 45.5% |
| SCOTCHTOWN AVENUE SCHOOL GOSHEN | 505 | 25.1% | N/A |
| GOSHEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL GOSHEN | 603 | 29.7% | 45.5% |
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 MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #1,033 of 2,335 | #9 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #815 of 2,342 ▲ 125 | #6 of 40 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #862 of 2,343 ▲ 754 | #8 of 40 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #673 of 2,585 | #18 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #1,516 of 2,338 | #33 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #917 of 2,388 | #23 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.6% | #2,035 of 2,534 | #34 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #525 of 606 | #10 of 12 |
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
539
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 438
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 539 | 42.6 | 12.7:1 | 28% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 43.4 | 12.4:1 | 31% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 548 | 44.2 | 12.4:1 | 34% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 41 | 12.5:1 | 30% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 45.1 | 11.8:1 | 28% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 46 | 12.1:1 | 25% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 42 | 13.2:1 | 18% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 29 | 18.6:1 | 7% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 438 | 24 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in MONTGOMERY, New York, attend MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 539 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 22% bigger than that.
Within VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY), MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 4,152 students.
A majority of students at MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 59%, are White. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. That is close to the 62% White share among all Orange County residents. By the diversity index, MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 56%.
Teacher staffing is 42.6 full-time equivalents, or about 12.7 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 28%. Across public schools in Orange County, the average is 44%.
allk12 grades MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 64.8% for a school in New York with MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 53.3%.
In the county around the school, Orange County, median household income is about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 82 public schools in Orange County.
The closest public school to MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is VALLEY CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. Within five miles of MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 4 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 53.3% is below the 57.1% average for nearby schools.
Federal data place MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Federal counts put enrollment at 514 in 2020-21 and 539 in 2024-25, a 5% gain.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY)
- VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,385 students
- VALLEY CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- BEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 497 students
- WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 447 students
- EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 339 students
Other schools in MONTGOMERY
- VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,385 students
- VALLEY CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- BEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 497 students
Other Montgomery Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Montgomery Elementary. MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 11.
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolBrookhaven, GA · 728 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMONTGOMERY, TX · 672 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolNorth Wales, PA · 611 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolCincinnati, OH · 566 students
- Montgomery Elementary SchoolMontgomery, PA · 504 students
Nearby schools
- VALLEY CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 945
- VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,385
- BEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 497
- WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 447
- EAST COLDENHAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.2 mi · 339
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.5 mi · 648
Frequently asked questions
About MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 539 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.7:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 59% White, 29% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY) in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.