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Enrollment
559
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361956004722
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2525 MT HOPE RD, OTISVILLE, NY 10963 · (845) 355-5851 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL559 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% 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
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
146 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (98) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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 MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +20.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% 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 OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 559 | 26.1% | 49.5% |
| MINISINK VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 509 | 27.1% | 38.8% |
| FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 602 | 24.4% | 62.0% |
| MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 539 | 27.6% | 53.3% |
| CLAYTON HUEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 586 | 29.0% | 45.5% |
| 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 OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,179 of 2,335 | #14 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #937 of 2,342 ▲ 319 | #8 of 40 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,079 of 2,343 ▲ 366 | #11 of 40 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 559 | #606 of 2,585 | #16 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #1,019 of 2,338 | #15 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #1,226 of 2,388 | #33 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.1% | #2,066 of 2,534 | #36 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #535 of 606 | #11 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
559
+25 (+5%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 487
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 559 | 49 | 11.4:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 567 | 46 | 12.3:1 | 31% (177) |
| 2022-23 | 589 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 30% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 43 | 12.4:1 | 35% (185) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 32% (177) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 26% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 736 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 21% (154) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 14% (54) |
| 1990-91 | 487 | 31 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in OTISVILLE, New York. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 559 students. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 26% higher.
MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,444 students in 5 schools, including OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
More than half of enrollment at OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 66%. Next come 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. The diversity index for OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The school has 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 44% for public schools in Orange County.
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 37% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.4% for OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The school posts 49.5%, 15.8 points below the prediction.
The county, Orange County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $97,178, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. The county has 82 public schools and about 57,122 students.
N A HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL SCHOOL is about 3.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are 3 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 43.2% on proficiency, and OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 49.5%.
In the federal locale system, OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school grew from 534 students in 2020-21 to 559 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 12.4:1 to 11.4:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MINISINK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,116 students
- MINISINK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 806 students
- MINISINK VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
- MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
Nearby schools
- N A HAMILTON BICENTENNIAL SCHOOL3.4 mi · 308
- MAPLE HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 1,064
- MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 826
- MINISINK VALLEY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL5.2 mi · 509
- MINISINK VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 454
- MINISINK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL5.2 mi · 1,116
Frequently asked questions
About OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 559 students in grades KG-05.
Is OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1.
How diverse is OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
OTISVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MINISINK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.