RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized elementary school in SUFFERN, New York, part of SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 437 students in grades pre-K through 2.

SUFFERN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,170 students; RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder reads as 24% White, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Native American. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Rockland County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 62.0%; actual is 41.7%, a gap of -20.3 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Rockland County shows median household income runs about $109,959, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Rockland County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Betsy Ross Elementary, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.9%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. RICHARD P CONNOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 467 (now 437). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 43% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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