WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 75 ORCHARD ST, in WALDEN, New York, WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an average-sized elementary-level community that hosts 447 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY).

Within VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY), which oversees 6 schools and 4,152 students, WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 32% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Black, 2% Asian. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.0%.

In the area at large, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).

BEREA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 458 students in 2018 compared to 447 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 56% to 49% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the feed for WALDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.