RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL

RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is one of the modestly sized elementary schools in HYDE PARK, New York, part of HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 332 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL sits 25% leaner than that benchmark.

Within HYDE PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,286 students, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 25% Hispanic, 11% Black, 9% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Dutchess County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dutchess County (around 40%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 55.4%; actual is 35.6%, a gap of -19.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Dutchess County reports that median household income runs about $99,478, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dutchess County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), of which RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HAVILAND MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RALPH R SMITH SCHOOL has declined 11%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 332 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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