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NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

4 OLD NOXON RD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603 · (845) 486-4950 · Dutchess County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% of New York public elementary schools
  • B+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

Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
74 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten4312%
Grade 15215%
Grade 26920%
Grade 36318%
Grade 46418%
Grade 55716%

This year's kindergarten class (43) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).

Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
22264%
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
8725%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
144%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
93%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
154%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
17049%
Female
17851%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
61.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2561.0%71.0%
2023-2441.0%61.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school34821.3%58.8%
EAST MORICHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST MORICHES
33722.0%76.4%
WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LONG BEACH
34020.3%75.8%
BEEKMAN SCHOOL
POUGHQUAG
35124.8%55.3%
TRAVER ROAD PRIMARY SCHOOL
PLEASANT VALLEY
34424.4%N/A
PULASKI ROAD SCHOOL
EAST NORTHPORT
35125.6%50.2%
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 NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Dutchess County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
58.8%#803 of 2,335#10 of 36
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
71.0%#662 of 2,342
▲ 221
#2 of 36
▲ 7
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
61.0%#899 of 2,343
▲ 325
#9 of 36
▲ 9
Enrollment
ranked largest first
348#1,680 of 2,585#21 of 45
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.7:1#670 of 2,338#12 of 42
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
52.6%#1,119 of 2,388#31 of 42
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
21.3%#2,203 of 2,534#40 of 45
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+9.4%#281 of 606#8 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 2024-25
Enrollment
348
+40 (+13%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 464
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 8.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2534832.610.7:121% (74)
2023-2435234.810.1:117% (60)
2022-2335035.99.8:116% (57)
2020-21308358.8:118% (56)
2017-183182512.7:117% (55)
2015-163492514.0:120% (70)
2010-114352915.0:16% (26)
2000-014922718.2:17% (32)
1990-914642816.6:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school. Its enrollment is 348 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.

ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 7,644 students in its 11 schools, and NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of them.

The largest group at NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 64%. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.

A staff of 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.7:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 21% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Dutchess County, the average eligibility rate is 40%.

NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of New York public elementary schools.

A school with NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 67.2%. NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 58.8%, 8.4 points below that line.

For the population of Dutchess County, the median household earns about $99,478 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Dutchess County with 75 other public schools.

The closest school to NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is LAGRANGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 1.4 miles away. NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th of 8 nearby schools, at 58.8% versus a 56.3% average.

For locale, NCES codes NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.

A 13% rise took enrollment from 308 in 2020-21 to 348 in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio rising from 8.8:1 to 10.7:1.

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Dutchess County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
4 OLD NOXON RD, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12603
Phone
(845) 486-4950
County
Dutchess County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
348
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
10.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
74 (21%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
360327000092
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 348 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 64% White, 25% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
NOXON ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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