Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 361 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362034001873
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
413 STRAWTOWN RD, WEST NYACK, NY 10994 · (845) 624-3473 · Rockland County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
13.5:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
42 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +23.0pp since 2023
Math
91.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
73.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 314 | 13.4% | 73.4% |
| LITTLE TOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 264 | 9.8% | 73.6% |
| POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL SLEEPY HOLLOW | 322 | 18.0% | 72.9% |
| HAROLD D FAYETTE SCHOOL NORTH MERRICK | 286 | 8.7% | 80.4% |
| PS 89 NEW YORK | 342 | 9.4% | 88.7% |
| HELEN B DUFFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RONKONKOMA | 313 | 21.7% | 44.2% |
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 STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.4% | #296 of 2,335 | #5 of 33 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #125 of 2,342 ▲ 160 | #1 of 33 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #212 of 2,343 ▲ 336 | #1 of 33 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #1,902 of 2,585 | #31 of 36 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,750 of 2,338 | #24 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #434 of 2,388 | #16 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.4% | #2,381 of 2,534 | #35 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #395 of 606 | #10 of 17 |
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
314
+5 (+2%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 391
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 314 | 23.3 | 13.5:1 | 13% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 25.8 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 307 | 28.8 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 11% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 299 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 10% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 301 | 23 | 13.1:1 | 10% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 20 | 16.7:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 335 | 20 | 16.8:1 | 3% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 391 | 27 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school based in WEST NYACK, New York. The student body numbers 314 students, from kindergarten through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in New York) has about 443 students.
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 16 schools and 7,821 students.
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 49%. Smaller groups are 27% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 62% of Rockland County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 66%, meaning two students picked at random have a 66% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1 at STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 23.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is close to the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 13%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Rockland County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 70.1%. STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 73.4%, 3.4 points above that line.
In Rockland County (population about 341,883), the median household income is $109,959, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is ROCKLAND BOCES, at about 0.5 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 67.3%, lower than STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 73.4%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show 309 students in 2020-21 and 314 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
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Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,386 students
- CLARKSTOWN NORTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,209 students
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 612 students
- FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
- NEW CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 446 students
Other schools in WEST NYACK
- CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,386 students
- ROCKLAND BOCESCombined · 1,115 students
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 679 students
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 612 students
- FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 609 students
- WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 304 students
Nearby schools
- ROCKLAND BOCES0.5 mi · 1,115
- FELIX FESTA ACHIEVEMENT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 609
- FELIX FESTA CHARACTER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 612
- FELIX FESTA DETERMINATION MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 679
- LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 369
- BARDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 314 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 49% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rockland County.
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