PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 48 ROOSEVELT AVE, in MIDDLETOWN, New York, PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large primary school that serves 1,225 students (grades K through 5), part of MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 177% larger than typical.

MIDDLETOWN CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 7,176 students; PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 16% Black, 9% White, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

On the resource side, The school employs 123 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.0%.

Around the school, census data for Orange County shows median household earnings sit near $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).

Nearest neighbor: MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.7%.

PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PRESIDENTIAL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,490 (now 1,225). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 61% to 68%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 in 2025.

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