SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a tight-knit elementary campus in HARRIMAN, New York, SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 324 students from grades pre-K through 1, overseen by MONROE-WOODBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 27% below typical.

Across the 7 schools in MONROE-WOODBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (6,315 students total), SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 29% White, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 36% of students at SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 44%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Orange County runs 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), of which SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PINE TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAPPHIRE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has grew 6%, going from 305 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 50% to 29%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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