WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a small primary school in WEST NYACK, New York, WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves 304 students from grades K through 5, operated by CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 31% below that benchmark.

CLARKSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 7,821 students; WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 62% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 21% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Rockland County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Rockland County put median household earnings sit near $109,959, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Rockland County's 66 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students), WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLARKSTOWN SOUTH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 73.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 304). The White share of enrollment contracted from 61% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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