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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 625 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362070002915
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY
400 OLD FORGE HILL RD, NEW WINDSOR, NY 12553 · (845) 563-7900 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest 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
11.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
291 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 22% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
34.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY this school | 500 | 58.2% | 39.2% |
| DEAUVILLE GARDENS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 465 | 57.4% | 57.2% |
| POWELLS LANE SCHOOL WESTBURY | 476 | 61.3% | 39.7% |
| HILLCREST SCHOOL PEEKSKILL | 520 | 54.8% | 32.8% |
| BAYVIEW AVENUE SCHOOL FREEPORT | 515 | 63.3% | 68.6% |
| HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 435 | 56.1% | N/A |
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 VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #1,662 of 2,335 | #29 of 40 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,616 of 2,342 ▼ 185 | #29 of 40 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,027 of 2,343 ▼ 339 | #38 of 40 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #821 of 2,585 | #23 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.0:1 | #831 of 2,338 | #9 of 43 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #1,302 of 2,388 | #34 of 43 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #1,198 of 2,534 | #10 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #1,035 of 1,757 | #11 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
500
-14 (-3%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 620
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 10.9:1
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 | 500 | 45.5 | 11.0:1 | 58% (291) |
| 2023-24 | 482 | 49 | 9.8:1 | 68% (327) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 48 | 9.9:1 | 67% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 47 | 10.9:1 | 74% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 567 | 45 | 12.6:1 | 72% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 594 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 86% (510) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 42 | 13.6:1 | 73% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 594 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 61% (360) |
| 1990-91 | 620 | 37 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY.
About VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY is an elementary school in NEW WINDSOR, New York, and it is part of NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 500 students, from kindergarten through 5.
The 12 schools of NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, including VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY, enroll 10,762 students.
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY's enrollment is 69% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 17% Black, 9% White, and 4% multiracial. Among people living in Orange County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY has a diversity index of 49%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 11.0:1 comes from the school's 45.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 58% of students at VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Orange County is 44%.
allk12 grades VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.2%; the prediction is 53.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Orange County, median household income is about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY is one of 82 public schools in Orange County, which together enroll about 57,122 students.
KAPLAN CAREER ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY's average proficiency of 39.2% compares with 63.5% for its nearest scored neighbors.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Large: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 500 was 3% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 514.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMYHigh · 3,550 students
- MEADOW HILL SCHOOLElementary · 982 students
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- GIDNEY AVENUE MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 788 students
- SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 782 students
Other schools in NEW WINDSOR
- CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,010 students
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOLElementary · 890 students
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 802 students
- LITTLE BRITAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 442 students
- NEW WINDSOR SCHOOLElementary · 439 students
- KAPLAN CAREER ACADEMYHigh · 89 students
Nearby schools
- KAPLAN CAREER ACADEMY0.5 mi · 89
- HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 802
- TEMPLE HILL SCHOOL1.3 mi · 890
- CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,010
- CORNWALL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 905
- WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMYHow large is VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY?
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY enrolls approximately 500 students in grades KG-05.
Is VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY have?
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
What is the student diversity at VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY?
Student demographics at VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY are roughly 9% White, 69% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY public or private?
VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEWBURGH CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.