OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL

As a mid-sized elementary-level community in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL serves 394 students from grades K through 2, one of the schools within ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 11 schools and 7,644 students, OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 26% of students at OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Dutchess County's rate of about 40%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Dutchess County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dutchess County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), of which OVERLOOK PRIMARY SCHOOL is one.

TITUSVILLE INTERMEDIATE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 376 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 57% to 51% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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