PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1270 RT 32, in PLATTEKILL, New York, PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus that serves 426 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by WALLKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 5 schools in WALLKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,706 students total), PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.8%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of -1.8 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ulster County put median household income runs about $86,271, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Ulster County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,189 students), of which PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LEPTONDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.4%.

PLATTEKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 464 students in 2018 compared to 426 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.