Enrollment
325
Elementary
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361629001441
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL
345 MOUNTAIN VIEW AVE, PORT EWEN, NY 12466 · (845) 943-3915 · Ulster County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
129 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 65 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (66).
Student demographics
49%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
65.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
58.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL's state test result (58.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL this school | 325 | 39.7% | 58.1% |
| ALLEN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH SYRACUSE | 326 | 38.3% | 37.8% |
| WILLOW FIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LIVERPOOL | 342 | 38.0% | N/A |
| SACANDAGA SCHOOL SCOTIA | 319 | 37.0% | 48.3% |
| WESTMORELAND ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITESBORO | 335 | 37.9% | 41.2% |
| HIGHLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DERBY | 344 | 36.3% | 56.5% |
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 ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.1% | #829 of 2,335 | #4 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #890 of 2,342 ▲ 113 | #4 of 21 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #945 of 2,343 ▼ 69 | #5 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #1,838 of 2,585 | #11 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #585 of 2,338 | #13 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #1,297 of 2,388 | #13 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #1,704 of 2,534 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #840 of 1,757 | #5 of 16 |
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
325
-14 (-4%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 357
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 325 | 31.2 | 10.4:1 | 40% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 318 | 30.1 | 10.6:1 | 46% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 316 | 29.1 | 10.9:1 | 51% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 339 | 26 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 26 | 14.8:1 | 47% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 42% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 327 | 25 | 13.1:1 | 37% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 27 | 16.1:1 | 32% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 357 | 21 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL.
About ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL serves students in PORT EWEN, New York, as a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 4, with 325 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in New York average about 443 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL belongs to KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 10 schools and 5,877 students.
About 70% of the student body at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL is White. Other groups make up 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL are from different groups.
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL lists 31.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1. About 40% of students at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Ulster County is similar, at 41%.
On the allk12 Grade, ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL lands at B, ahead of 60% of New York public elementary schools.
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL scores 58.1% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 60.4%.
In Ulster County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $86,271, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county has 45 public schools and about 20,189 students.
JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL, about 2.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.4%; ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL's is 58.1%, ranking 2nd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Small: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment fell 4% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.4:1.
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Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,749 students
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 936 students
- M CLIFFORD MILLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 826 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 492 students
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 322
- KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,749
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL2.7 mi · 492
- HARRY L EDSON SCHOOL3.7 mi · 397
- J WATSON BAILEY MIDDLE SCHOOL3.7 mi · 936
- CHAMBERS SCHOOL4.4 mi · 306
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOLHow many students attend ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL?
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL enrolls approximately 325 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL are roughly 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL in?
ROBERT R GRAVES SCHOOL is part of KINGSTON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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