Enrollment
332
Elementary
DISTRICT 352 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361518001274
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL
16 SMITH CT, HYDE PARK, NY 12538 · (845) 229-4060 · Dutchess County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL332 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
8.6:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
177 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (45) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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 HYDE PARK 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
43.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
41.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL this school | 332 | 53.3% | 35.6% |
| EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL EVANS MILLS | 330 | 54.2% | 50.0% |
| E R CROSBY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE KATRINE | 311 | 52.4% | 50.7% |
| HOLMES ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 330 | 54.2% | N/A |
| NETHERWOOD SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 301 | 51.8% | 47.4% |
| CRAIG HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 287 | 54.7% | 41.8% |
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 RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #1,811 of 2,335 | #31 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #1,819 of 2,342 ▲ 137 | #31 of 36 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,658 of 2,343 ▲ 198 | #29 of 36 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 332 | #1,791 of 2,585 | #25 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.6:1 | #118 of 2,338 | #2 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #410 of 2,388 | #5 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.3% | #1,313 of 2,534 | #11 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.8% | #1,102 of 1,757 | #16 of 24 |
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
332
-24 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
8.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 332 | 38.7 | 8.6:1 | 53% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 358 | 34.4 | 10.4:1 | 52% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 340 | 36.7 | 9.3:1 | 54% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 32 | 11.1:1 | 49% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 372 | 30 | 12.4:1 | 48% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 24 | 16.3:1 | 50% (196) |
| 2010-11 | 361 | 25 | 14.4:1 | 48% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 441 | 28 | 15.8:1 | 27% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 34 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL.
About RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in HYDE PARK, New York. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 332 students. Across elementary schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 443.
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is part of a district of 6 schools: HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 3,286 students.
White students are 50% of those enrolled at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Dutchess County's population at about 69%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
With 38.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 8.6:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 4.3 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 53% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 40% average for public schools in Dutchess County.
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 16% of New York public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% in New York. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.6%, against a prediction of 55.4%.
For the population of Dutchess County, the median household earns about $99,478 a year, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL shares Dutchess County with 75 other public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is 7th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 332, down from 356 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.1:1 to 8.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 312 students
- NETHERWOOD SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
Other schools in HYDE PARK
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,121 students
- HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 757 students
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 463 students
- NETHERWOOD SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
Nearby schools
- HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 757
- NETHERWOOD SCHOOL2.7 mi · 301
- DUTCHESS BOCES3.0 mi · 325
- NORTH PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 463
- VIOLET AVENUE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 312
- FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.6 mi · 1,121
Frequently asked questions
About RALPH R SMITH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL?
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 332 students in grades KG-05.
Is RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is approximately 8.6:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL?
At RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL in?
RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is part of HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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