S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier elementary school in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 432 students from grades K through 6, one of the schools within POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 7 schools and 3,724 students, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 41% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% White. By comparison, Dutchess County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Dutchess County's rate of about 40%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 42.2%; this one comes in at 19.1%, -23.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dutchess County indicate median household income runs about $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dutchess County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), of which S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.2%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 26%: 582 students in 2018 compared to 432 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 37% to 47% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.