WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, a small primary school in PLEASANT VALLEY, New York, operated by ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 354 students, covering grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 20% below typical.
ARLINGTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 7,644 students; WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 61%. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.7:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Dutchess County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,478 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Dutchess County runs 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), of which WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: DUTCHESS BOCES, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST ROAD/D'AQUANNIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has fell 3%, going from 365 students in 2018 to 354 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.
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