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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 561 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WASHINGTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363003004038
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
20 TOLEMAN RD, WASHINGTONVILLE, NY 10992 · (845) 497-4000 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% 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.
- CBeats 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
11.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
202 students
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 10 | 2% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 19% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
This year's kindergarten class (10) is 90% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 WASHINGTONVILLE CENTRAL 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 18 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 522 | 38.7% | 46.6% |
| TERRYVILLE ROAD SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON STA | 471 | 41.4% | 31.2% |
| BEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 497 | 42.3% | 48.3% |
| WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WALDEN | 447 | 40.5% | 43.0% |
| DANIEL STREET SCHOOL LINDENHURST | 495 | 42.0% | 43.9% |
| MATTHEW PATERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PATTERSON | 464 | 37.3% | 46.7% |
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 TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #1,309 of 2,335 | #20 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,268 of 2,342 ▲ 40 | #15 of 40 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,157 of 2,343 ▲ 302 | #12 of 40 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #726 of 2,585 | #20 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #977 of 2,338 | #14 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.4% | #642 of 2,388 | #13 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #1,726 of 2,534 | #26 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.7% | #346 of 1,757 | #2 of 31 |
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
522
-23 (-4%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 908
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 522 | 46.2 | 11.3:1 | 39% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 46.5 | 11.5:1 | 36% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 46.4 | 12.4:1 | 37% (210) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 48 | 11.3:1 | 34% (183) |
| 2017-18 | 722 | 46 | 15.7:1 | 25% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 753 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 19% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 14% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 924 | 53 | 17.4:1 | 8% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 908 | 63 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in WASHINGTONVILLE, New York. Its enrollment is 522 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
WASHINGTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 3,874 students, and its 5 schools include TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Of every 100 students at TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 50 are White, the largest group. The remaining students are 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Orange County is about 62% White. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 46.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a ratio of 11.3:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 39% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of New York public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 60.8% and the result is 46.6%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Orange County show that the median household earns about $97,178 a year, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Orange County has 82 public schools with about 57,122 students, including TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is WASHINGTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 46.6% compares with 53.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 4% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
People who know TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WASHINGTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- WASHINGTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 884 students
- ROUND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 718 students
- LITTLE BRITAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 442 students
Other schools in WASHINGTONVILLE
- WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,308 students
- WASHINGTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 884 students
- ROUND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 718 students
Other Taft Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 10 states are named Taft Elementary. TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 13.
- Taft Elementary SchoolMESA, AZ · 491 students
- Taft Elementary SchoolLincoln City, OR · 464 students
- Taft ElementaryStockton, CA · 449 students
- Taft Elementary SchoolJoliet, IL · 424 students
- Taft ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 408 students
Nearby schools
- WASHINGTONVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 884
- WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,308
- ROUND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 718
- LITTLE BRITAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 442
- CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL4.5 mi · 1,010
- VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY5.7 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-05.
Is TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 36% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TAFT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WASHINGTONVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.