CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of low-enrollment scale in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York, part of POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 286 students in grades 1 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 443.

CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 7 schools operated by POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 3,724 students overall.

On the student-mix side, CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 33% Black, 7% multiracial, 2% White. By comparison, Dutchess County as a whole is about 15% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Dutchess County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.3%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of +1.1 points.

In the area at large, 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%. Across Dutchess County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is S F B MORSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHARLES B WARRING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has edged down 16%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 286 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 41% to 56% over that span.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.