Enrollment
285
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360414000181
SARGENT SCHOOL
29 EDUCATION DR, BEACON, NY 12508 · (845) 838-6900 · Dutchess County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL285 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
9.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
100 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 28 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 38 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 56 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (56).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 SARGENT SCHOOL
SARGENT SCHOOL's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARGENT SCHOOL this school | 285 | 35.1% | 45.6% |
| GOLDEN HILL ELEMENTARY FLORIDA | 335 | 33.4% | 53.7% |
| WEST GATES AVENUE SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 303 | 40.3% | 48.3% |
| RHAME AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST ROCKAWAY | 330 | 30.9% | 44.1% |
| FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FISHKILL | 334 | 38.3% | 59.8% |
| HARDING AVENUE SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 278 | 36.7% | 39.9% |
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 SARGENT SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,358 of 2,335 | #24 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,444 of 2,342 ▲ 224 | #21 of 36 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,294 of 2,343 ▼ 103 | #22 of 36 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 285 | #2,073 of 2,585 | #35 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #356 of 2,338 | #6 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #667 of 2,388 | #14 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.1% | #1,840 of 2,534 | #21 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #985 of 1,757 | #14 of 24 |
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
285
0 (0%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 380
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 285 | 29.3 | 9.7:1 | 35% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 302 | 29.2 | 10.3:1 | 42% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 29.5 | 9.3:1 | 45% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 285 | 29 | 9.8:1 | 43% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 22 | 14.8:1 | 48% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 361 | 23 | 15.7:1 | 49% (177) |
| 2010-11 | 331 | 20 | 16.6:1 | 43% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 460 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 22% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 380 | 32 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARGENT SCHOOL.
About SARGENT SCHOOL
Students in BEACON, New York, attend SARGENT SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 285 students. The average for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students, so this school is 36% smaller than average.
The district for SARGENT SCHOOL is BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 6 schools and 2,580 students.
A majority of students at SARGENT SCHOOL, 55%, are White. Next come 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 8% Black. The county population is about 69% White. The chance that two students picked at random at SARGENT SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
At SARGENT SCHOOL, 29.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.
SARGENT SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 32% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, SARGENT SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 45.6% actual against 62.1% predicted.
Among Dutchess County residents, median household income is about $99,478, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 76 public schools in Dutchess County, with a combined enrollment of about 36,885.
The school nearest to SARGENT SCHOOL is SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.7 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SARGENT SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
NCES assigns SARGENT SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 285, starting from 285.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SARGENT SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 831 students
- ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 592 students
- GLENHAM SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 244 students
- J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Other schools in BEACON
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 831 students
- ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 592 students
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 244 students
- J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 244
- J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 234
- ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 592
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 831
- HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOL2.1 mi · 447
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 782
Frequently asked questions
About SARGENT SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SARGENT SCHOOL?
SARGENT SCHOOL enrolls approximately 285 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SARGENT SCHOOL serve?
SARGENT SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SARGENT SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SARGENT SCHOOL is approximately 9.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SARGENT SCHOOL?
At SARGENT SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 55% White, 27% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees SARGENT SCHOOL?
SARGENT SCHOOL is overseen by BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.