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Enrollment
567
Middle
DISTRICT 742 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND)·NCES 361401003211
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
153 STORRS RD, THIELLS, NY 10984 · (845) 942-8000 · Rockland County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL567 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 11% of New York public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
330 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 182 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 183 | 32% |
| Grade 6 | 200 | 35% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND). Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
41.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 41 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 44.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 567 | 58.2% | 39.0% |
| ROBERT M FINLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL GLEN COVE | 691 | 59.8% | 48.4% |
| HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAVERSTRAW | 662 | 61.3% | 26.0% |
| WOODHULL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 435 | 59.3% | 43.9% |
| SOUTH MIDDLE SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 782 | 52.8% | 29.1% |
| SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL NORTH TARRYTOWN | 617 | 55.3% | 56.0% |
Matched among New York middle 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 WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #616 of 766 | #11 of 15 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #564 of 768 no change | #11 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #503 of 768 ▲ 120 | #10 of 15 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 567 | #310 of 796 | #13 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #632 of 683 | #14 of 15 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #283 of 688 | #9 of 15 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.2% | #356 of 773 | #5 of 15 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #232 of 524 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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 2024-25Enrollment
567
+4 (+1%) vs 2020
-37% since 2000-01, when it was 902
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 567 | 42.1 | 13.5:1 | 58% (330) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 45.2 | 12.6:1 | 59% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 43.9 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 53% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 661 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 52% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 654 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 51% (332) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 59 | 12.2:1 | 28% (203) |
| 2000-01 | 902 | 65 | 13.9:1 | 38% (344) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized middle school. Its address is in THIELLS, New York. The grade span is 4 through 6, and enrollment is 567 students.
HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND) counts 9 schools and 7,976 students, including WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 65% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 15% White, 14% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Rockland County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 54%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 42.1 full-time equivalents, or about 13.5 students per teacher. On average, middle schools in New York have 10.3:1, compared with 13.5:1 here. About 58% of students, or 330, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 48% for public schools in Rockland County.
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 11% of New York public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 14.6 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (39.0% versus 53.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Rockland County census figures show that the median household income is $109,959, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Rockland County is home to 66 public schools and about 41,335 public school students.
Nearest public school: FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 8.
NCES assigns WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 563 in 2020-21 to 567 in 2024-25, a change of 4 students.
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Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND)
- NORTH ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,798 students
- FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,207 students
- WEST HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 715 students
- THIELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 706 students
- STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 666 students
- HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMiddle · 662 students
Other schools in THIELLS
- NORTH ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,798 students
- FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,207 students
- THIELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 706 students
Other Willow Grove Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Willow Grove Elementary. WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Willow Grove ElementarySan Diego, CA · 701 students
- Willow Grove Elementary SchoolHACKETTSTOWN, NJ · 320 students
- Willow Grove Elementary SchoolCentralia, IL · 127 students
- Willow Grove ElementaryPaicines, CA · 21 students
Nearby schools
- FIELDSTONE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,207
- NORTH ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,798
- THIELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 706
- JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 533
- WEST HAVERSTRAW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 715
- STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 666
Frequently asked questions
About WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 567 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 15% White, 65% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
WILLOW GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of HAVERSTRAW-STONY POINT CSD (NORTH ROCKLAND).
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.