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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360327000096

WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

181 WEST RD, PLEASANT VALLEY, NY 12569 · (845) 635-4310 · Dutchess County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL354 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
354
Elementary
DISTRICT 421 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
114 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 312636%
Grade 411733%
Grade 511131%
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
21661%
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
8223%
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
247%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
21%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
288%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 1% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
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
Male
19254%
Female
16246%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2552.0%46.0%
2023-2437.0%49.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school35432.2%46.3%
KINRY ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
POUGHKEEPSIE
36834.0%61.2%
GOLDEN HILL ELEMENTARY
FLORIDA
33533.4%53.7%
MERRIMAC SCHOOL
HOLBROOK
35830.4%48.0%
MAUD S SHERWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ISLIP
36633.1%51.0%
RHAME AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EAST ROCKAWAY
33030.9%44.1%
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 WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Dutchess County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.3%#1,323 of 2,335#22 of 36
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
46.0%#1,604 of 2,342
▼ 264
#29 of 36
▼ 8
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
52.0%#1,255 of 2,343
▲ 179
#21 of 36
▲ 3
Enrollment
ranked largest first
354#1,640 of 2,585#19 of 45
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
10.7:1#671 of 2,338#13 of 42
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
56.3%#925 of 2,388#28 of 42
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
32.2%#1,920 of 2,534#26 of 45
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.0%#1,603 of 1,757#23 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 2024-25
Enrollment
354
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 12.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2535433.210.7:132% (114)
2023-2432729.211.2:137% (120)
2022-2330928.610.8:137% (113)
2020-213372812.0:136% (120)
2017-183652514.6:136% (130)
2015-163202214.6:129% (93)
2010-113882614.9:119% (72)
2000-014902817.5:110% (50)
1990-914142715.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.

About WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL

Families in PLEASANT VALLEY, New York, are served by WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, a small elementary school. The school runs grades 3 through 5 and enrolls 354 students. By comparison, elementary schools in New York enroll about 443 students on average.

WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of the 11 schools that make up ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (7,644 students in total).

More than half of enrollment at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is White: 61%. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL scores 56%.

Based on 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has a ratio of 10.7:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 32% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.

WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of New York public elementary schools.

WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (46.3%) and its predicted rate (63.1%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New York schools.

Looking at the county, Dutchess County, the median household earns about $99,478 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Counting WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, Dutchess County has 76 public schools.

DUTCHESS BOCES, about 1.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL places 3rd out of 6 schools in its immediate area.

On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.

The school grew from 337 students in 2020-21 to 354 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.7:1.

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Dutchess County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
District
ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
181 WEST RD, PLEASANT VALLEY, NY 12569
Phone
(845) 635-4310
County
Dutchess County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
03–05
Total enrollment
354
Teachers (FTE)
33
Student–teacher ratio
10.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
114 (32%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
360327000096
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 354 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves grades 03-05.
How many students per teacher at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.7:1 students per teacher at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
At WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 61% White, 23% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL in?
WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is part of ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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