Enrollment
401
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PAWLING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362253003172
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7 HAIGHT ST, PAWLING, NY 12564 · (845) 855-4630 · Dutchess County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL401 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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
11.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
114 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 17% smaller than its 4th grade class (82).
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PAWLING 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
53.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
47.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 47.0% |
| 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
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 401 | 28.4% | 47.0% |
| KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CARMEL | 384 | 27.3% | 41.8% |
| LINCOLN TITUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROMPOND | 374 | 25.4% | 65.8% |
| MAUD S SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ISLIP | 366 | 33.1% | 51.0% |
| SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL WEST HARRISON | 331 | 28.1% | 66.1% |
| TREMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MEDFORD | 433 | 32.3% | 46.8% |
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 PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,292 of 2,335 | #21 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,577 of 2,342 ▼ 307 | #28 of 36 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,230 of 2,343 ▲ 218 | #20 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 401 | #1,353 of 2,585 | #14 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #1,044 of 2,338 | #23 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.9% | #882 of 2,388 | #24 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.4% | #2,011 of 2,534 | #29 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.2% | #424 of 606 | #14 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
401
+56 (+16%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 617
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 401 | 35 | 11.5:1 | 28% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 389 | 29.5 | 13.2:1 | 33% (129) |
| 2022-23 | 389 | 33.4 | 11.6:1 | 36% (141) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 33% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 35 | 11.0:1 | 34% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 35 | 12.2:1 | 31% (134) |
| 2010-11 | 494 | 50 | 9.9:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 31 | 16.9:1 | 6% (30) |
| 1990-91 | 617 | 40 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school found in PAWLING, New York. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 401 students.
The district, PAWLING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 3 schools serving 1,080 students.
A majority of students at PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 57%, are White. The next largest groups are 32% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. The school's White share is 12 points below the 69% share among Dutchess County residents. By the diversity index, PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 57%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1 at PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 28%. Across public schools in Dutchess County, the average is 40%.
allk12 grades PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 17.5 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.0% actual, 64.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Within Dutchess County, median household income is about $99,478, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 76 public schools in Dutchess County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,885.
PAWLING HIGH SCHOOL is the public school closest to PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. On average proficiency, PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
NCES describes the area around PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 16%, from 345 to 401.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 PAWLING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PAWLING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 360 students
- PAWLING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 319 students
Other schools in PAWLING
- PAWLING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 360 students
- PAWLING MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 319 students
Nearby schools
- PAWLING HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 360
- PAWLING MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 319
- MATTHEW PATERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 464
- Sherman School5.3 mi · 229
- WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 255
- BEEKMAN SCHOOL6.3 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 401 students in grades PK-04.
Is PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 32% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
PAWLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PAWLING CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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