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Enrollment
836
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004020
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL
156 MYERS CORNERS RD, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 · (845) 298-5260 · Dutchess County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL836 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
301 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 118 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 126 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 117 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (117).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL's state test result (47.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL this school | 836 | 36.0% | 47.4% |
| MARLBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MARLBORO | 780 | 33.1% | 54.0% |
| C E WALTERS SCHOOL YAPHANK | 795 | 41.8% | 42.9% |
| PS 84 LILLIAN WEBER NEW YORK | 685 | 34.0% | 67.8% |
| PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PINE BUSH | 648 | 37.8% | 51.0% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HIGHLAND | 665 | 35.5% | 45.0% |
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 MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #1,270 of 2,335 | #19 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,552 of 2,342 ▼ 386 | #25 of 36 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,317 of 2,343 ▼ 152 | #24 of 36 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 836 | #117 of 2,585 | #1 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,894 of 2,338 | #35 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #884 of 2,388 | #25 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #1,809 of 2,534 | #20 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.1% | #289 of 606 | #9 of 16 |
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
836
+86 (+11%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 808
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 836 | 59.3 | 14.1:1 | 36% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 842 | 59.3 | 14.2:1 | 40% (333) |
| 2022-23 | 825 | 51.5 | 16.0:1 | 24% (197) |
| 2020-21 | 750 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 27% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 23% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 49 | 15.8:1 | 21% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 723 | 50 | 14.5:1 | 21% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 888 | 52 | 17.1:1 | 13% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 808 | 51 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL.
About MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL, a high-enrollment elementary school, is located in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York. Enrollment totals 836 students across kindergarten through 6. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is among 15 schools run by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 10,199 students.
The student body at MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is 58% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 57%.
Its ratio of 14.1:1 is based on 59.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of New York public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is 61.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 47.4%.
The school is in Dutchess County, where the median household earns about $99,478 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL shares Dutchess County with 75 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is closest to ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL ranks 8th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 47.4% against a local average of 58.1%.
Federal data place MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 836, up from 750 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,768 students
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
Other schools in WAPPINGERS FALLS
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,557
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 297
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 764
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 602
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 455
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 612
Frequently asked questions
About MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLHow many students attend MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL?
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL enrolls approximately 836 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL serve?
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (59 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL?
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL reports a student body of 58% White, 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL?
MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.