WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary-level community in CORNWALL, New York, one of the schools within CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school instructs 236 students in grades K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 47% leaner than that benchmark.

WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 2,985 students overall.

On demographics, WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Asian.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.4:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.7%; this one delivers 86.2%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Orange County) reports that median household income runs about $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CORNWALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLOW AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 264 students in 2018 compared to 236 in 2025.

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