PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized elementary campus in WARWICK, New York, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 456 students from grades K through 4, part of WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 3,630 students. PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder is composed of 24% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Orange County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 21% of students at PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.2%, the actual is 74.4%, a residual of +7.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Orange County shows median household income runs about $97,178, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 66.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 456). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 63%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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