SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York, part of WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 612 students spanning grades K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 38% larger than that benchmark.

SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 15 schools operated by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 10,199 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 15% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Dutchess County's rate of about 40%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Dutchess County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $99,478 per year, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dutchess County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), of which SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

MARLBORO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 59.8%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 586 students in 2018 compared to 612 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 52% to 37%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.