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Enrollment
526
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362400003314
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
171 OSCAWANA LAKE RD, PUTNAM VALLEY, NY 10579 · (845) 528-8092 · Putnam County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL526 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
16.0:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
103 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 36% smaller than its 4th grade class (126).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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 PUTNAM VALLEY 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
81.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
79.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (79.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 526 | 19.6% | 79.6% |
| AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 596 | 21.1% | 55.4% |
| FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 485 | 16.9% | 50.3% |
| LIDO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 468 | 20.1% | 77.0% |
| BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 466 | 21.7% | 66.5% |
| SCHOOL 8 OCEANSIDE | 433 | 17.8% | 65.7% |
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 PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.6% | #180 of 2,335 | #1 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #259 of 2,342 ▲ 3 | #1 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #236 of 2,343 ▲ 15 | #1 of 10 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 526 | #711 of 2,585 | #5 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #2,172 of 2,338 | #11 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.2% | #863 of 2,388 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #2,249 of 2,534 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.1% | #1,598 of 1,757 | #6 of 9 |
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
526
-34 (-6%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 723
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 526 | 32.8 | 16.0:1 | 20% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 573 | 34.8 | 16.5:1 | 24% (140) |
| 2022-23 | 554 | 35.7 | 15.5:1 | 19% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 560 | 33 | 17.0:1 | 15% (84) |
| 2017-18 | 543 | 43.8 | 12.4:1 | 13% (69) |
| 2015-16 | 581 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2000-01 | 648 | 49 | 13.2:1 | 9% (59) |
| 1990-91 | 723 | 48 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in PUTNAM VALLEY, New York. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 4, with 526 students on the rolls.
A total of 3 schools make up PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,498 students enrolled.
The largest group at PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 56%. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Putnam County residents are about 75% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 57%.
The school had 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is 3.2 students per teacher. The school reported 20% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 29% average for public schools in Putnam County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 79.6% actual against 67.8% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Putnam County, the median household earns about $126,257 a year, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Putnam County has 23 public schools with about 12,955 students, including PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL sits about 1.5 miles from PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
NCES assigns PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 526, compared with 560 in 2020-21.
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Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,107
Census ACS
Median income
$126,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
12,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 526 students
- PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 446 students
Other schools in PUTNAM VALLEY
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 526 students
- PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 446 students
Nearby schools
- PUTNAM VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 526
- PUTNAM VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 446
- GEORGE WASHINGTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 411
- LAKELAND HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 966
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 466
- VAN CORTLANDTVILLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 568
Frequently asked questions
About PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 526 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
How diverse is PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 56% White, 33% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PUTNAM VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of PUTNAM VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.