VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of small scale in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, operated by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 294 students in grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 34% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Within WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 15 schools and 10,199 students, VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 69%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 27% of students at VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dutchess County (around 40%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, Dutchess County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,478 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Dutchess County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), of which VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VASSAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 15%, going from 346 students in 2018 to 294 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 10% to 25%.

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