Enrollment
286
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362376003302
CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
283 MANSION ST, POUGHKEEPSIE, NY 12601 · (845) 451-4750 · Dutchess County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL286 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 47% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
254 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 25% |
This year's 1st grade class (40) is 44% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 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
43.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (43.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 286 | 88.8% | 43.5% |
| PS 36 MARGARET DOUGLAS NEW YORK | 272 | 88.2% | 38.2% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 6 BRONX | 299 | 89.0% | 82.3% |
| PS/IS 155 NICHOLAS HERKIMER BROOKLYN | 298 | 90.9% | 40.2% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 7 BRONX | 303 | 87.5% | 71.9% |
| RIVER EAST ELEMENTARY NEW YORK | 236 | 87.7% | 46.8% |
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 CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.5% | #1,462 of 2,335 | #26 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,082 of 2,342 ▲ 345 | #14 of 36 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,310 of 2,343 ▲ 271 | #23 of 36 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 286 | #2,070 of 2,585 | #34 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #861 of 2,338 | #19 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #834 of 2,388 | #22 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #467 of 2,534 | #2 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #829 of 1,757 | #11 of 24 |
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
286
-80 (-22%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 286 | 25.9 | 11.1:1 | 89% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 294 | 25.2 | 11.7:1 | 85% (249) |
| 2022-23 | 312 | 27.4 | 11.4:1 | 80% (251) |
| 2020-21 | 366 | 26 | 14.1:1 | 75% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 30 | 11.3:1 | 71% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 90% (331) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 30 | 12.7:1 | 77% (294) |
| 2000-01 | 461 | 30 | 15.4:1 | 80% (368) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 34 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The public elementary school CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York. It enrolled 286 students in grades 1 through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 35% lower than the average for elementary schools in New York, which is about 443.
Besides CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 other schools. The district enrolls 3,724 students.
Hispanic students account for 56% of enrollment at CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Smaller groups are 33% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% White. For comparison, the population of Dutchess County is roughly 15% Hispanic. CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 58%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 11.1 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 89% of students. The average for public schools in Dutchess County is 40%.
allk12 grades CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On BeatsExpectations, CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Dutchess County show that median household income is about $99,478, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 76 public schools operate in Dutchess County, serving about 36,885 students.
Of nearby public schools, S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest, at about 0.5 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 34.5% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
For locale, NCES codes CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as City: Small.
The student count in 2024-25 was 286, 22% below the 366 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher fell from 14.1 to 11.1 over 4 years.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,151 students
- POUGHKEEPSIE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 871 students
- S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- G W KRIEGER SCHOOLElementary · 419 students
- SMITH EARLY LEARNING CENTERElementary · 328 students
- GOV GEORGE CLINTON SCHOOLElementary · 237 students
Other schools in POUGHKEEPSIE
- POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,151 students
- POUGHKEEPSIE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 871 students
- SPACKENKILL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 537 students
- ARTHUR S MAY SCHOOLElementary · 496 students
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 455 students
- S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
Nearby schools
- S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 432
- SMITH EARLY LEARNING CENTER0.6 mi · 328
- GOV GEORGE CLINTON SCHOOL0.7 mi · 237
- POUGHKEEPSIE HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,151
- POUGHKEEPSIE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 871
- LITTLE WATER PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL1.1 mi · 202
Frequently asked questions
About CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 286 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 01-05.
How many students per teacher at CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.1:1 students per teacher at CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 56% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
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