SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a heavily attended elementary campus in WARWICK, New York, SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 791 students from grades K through 4, part of WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 79% above typical.

Across the 4 schools in WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,630 students total), SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 17% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Orange County (around 44%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.6%, the actual is 67.3%, a residual of -1.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, Orange County reports that median household income runs about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Orange County runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), of which SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 59.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 21%: 653 students in 2018 compared to 791 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 80% to 73%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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