SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 33 SCHOOLHOUSE RD, in JEFFERSONVILLE, New York, SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that caters to 553 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

Across the 2 schools in SULLIVAN WEST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,045 students total), SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that nearly all students (81%) are White; the rest breaks down as 14% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Sullivan County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.6%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the broader community, Sullivan County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,382, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 20 public schools in Sullivan County (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students).

SULLIVAN WEST HIGH SCHOOL AT LAKE HUNTINGTON is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 51.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SULLIVAN WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 7%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 553 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 14% across the same window.

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