WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small K-5 school in WINGDALE, New York, run under DOVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 255 students spanning grades K through 2. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

DOVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,317 students. WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 44% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Dutchess County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Dutchess County shows median household earnings sit near $99,478, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Dutchess County's 76 public schools (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students), WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 2.6 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. WINGDALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 255). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 64% to 47%.

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