Is West Nyack Elementary School a good school?

West Nyack Elementary School ranks 887 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend West Nyack Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 311 students attended West Nyack Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of West Nyack Elementary School?

Students at West Nyack Elementary School are 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 6% African American, 4% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of West Nyack Elementary School attend?

Students who attend West Nyack Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Felix Festa Achievement Middle School Middle : Felix Festa Character Middle School Middle : Felix Festa Determination Middle School High : Clarkstown South Senior High School

West Nyack Elementary School

Summary:

West Nyack Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 314 students in grades K-5 in the Clarkstown Central School District in West Nyack, New York. The school's performance has fluctuated over the years, with its statewide ranking ranging from a high of 292 out of 2,201 New York elementary schools in 2020-2021 to a low of 919 out of 2,395 in 2017-2018.

While West Nyack Elementary School's overall academic performance is generally below the district and state averages, there are some bright spots. The school's Special Education students perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 147 out of 2,110 New York elementary schools in 2023-2024. However, students from low socioeconomic backgrounds perform relatively poorly, ranking in the bottom 1,450 out of 2,078 New York elementary schools in the same year. The school's per-student spending is also lower than nearby Strawtown Elementary School and Laurel Plains Elementary School.

Overall, West Nyack Elementary School appears to have both strengths and areas for improvement. By addressing the identified issues, such as the disparities in subgroup performance and the relatively lower per-student spending, the school can work towards providing a high-quality education for all its students and improving its overall ranking and rating within the Clarkstown Central School District.

Detail:

Public K-5

661 W Nyack Rd
West Nyack, NY 10994-1896

(845) 624-3474

District: Clarkstown Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
887^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,558

Students who attend West Nyack Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Felix Festa Achievement Middle School
	Felix Festa Character Middle School
	Felix Festa Determination Middle School
High:	Clarkstown South Senior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.5

Number of students: 311

Racial breakdown:

White:

52.7%

Hispanic:

26.4%

Asian:

10.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 20.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details West Nyack Elementary School ranks better than 63.7% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 7^th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Clarkstown Central School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 60.8. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (52.7%), Hispanic (26.4%), Asian (10.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 20.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at West Nyack Elementary School is 10.5, which is the 2^nd best among 9 elementary schools in the Clarkstown Central School District. (See more...)

Compare West Nyack Elementary School employs 29.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at West Nyack Elementary School is $19,558, which is the 3^rd highest among 9 elementary schools in the Clarkstown Central School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

West Nyack Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks West Nyack Elementary School 887^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See West Nyack Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Clarkstown Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Clarkstown Central School District 217^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for West Nyack Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	77.53	418^th	2206	81.1%
2007	75.93	490^th	2219	77.9%
2008	72.08	648^th	2227	70.9%
2009	76.24	435^th	2257	80.7%
2010	74.28	549^th	2263	75.7%
2011	80.91	347^th	2286	84.8%
2012	75.70	524^th	2320	77.4%
2013	70.17	606^th	2325	73.9%
2014	71.65	592^nd	2345	74.8%
2015	71.19	627^th	2352	73.3%
2016	66.10	746^th	2366	68.5%
2017	75.12	523^rd	2386	78.1%
2018	61.09	919^th	2395	61.6%
2019	59.62	915^th	2413	62.1%
2021	83.70	292^nd	2201	86.7%
2022	69.84	670^th	2434	72.5%
2023	72.51	615^th	2439	74.8%
2024	60.80	887^th	2445	63.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	70.75	312^th	1941	83.9%
2019	67.09	326^th	1859	82.5%
2021	89.04	48^th	1044	95.4%
2022	71.65	336^th	2031	83.5%
2023	74.20	305^th	2016	84.9%
2024	87.28	147^th	2110	93.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	43.22	1110^th	2045	45.7%
2019	32.76	1386^th	2032	31.8%
2021	69.30	378^th	1678	77.5%
2022	50.51	898^th	2099	57.2%
2023	44.31	1064^th	2041	47.9%
2024	31.97	1450^th	2078	30.2%

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Rank History for Female students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.78	1183^rd	2338	49.4%
2019	47.81	1210^th	2357	48.7%
2021	85.65	170^th	1955	91.3%
2022	78.43	435^th	2401	81.9%
2023	80.03	432^nd	2403	82.0%
2024	58.87	898^th	2413	62.8%

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Rank History for Male students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.19	705^th	2340	69.9%
2019	65.62	745^th	2358	68.4%
2021	76.88	375^th	1961	80.9%
2022	58.16	951^st	2400	60.4%
2023	61.45	865^th	2400	64.0%
2024	59.00	913^th	2411	62.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	56.06	339^th	671	49.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	39.53	856^th	1392	38.5%
2019	25.93	1040^th	1315	20.9%
2021	65.03	228^th	818	72.1%
2022	40.00	896^th	1503	40.4%
2023	66.75	367^th	1429	74.3%
2024	50.39	669^th	1531	56.3%

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Rank History for White students at West Nyack Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.21	744^th	1408	47.2%
2019	62.89	483^rd	1338	63.9%
2021	84.84	98^th	1224	92.0%
2022	74.78	308^th	1399	78.0%
2023	70.39	389^th	1337	70.9%
2024	58.41	556^th	1392	60.1%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for West Nyack Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	359	3	26	8	2	n/a	n/a	0	398
1990	335	11	46	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	408
1991	337	13	26	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	387
1992	343	10	33	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	398
1993	296	12	40	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	356
1994	257	16	42	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	327
1995	254	21	35	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	322
1996	254	21	35	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	322
1997	198	23	39	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	274
1998	195	14	27	23	4	n/a	n/a	0	263
1999	218	11	30	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	273
2000	232	9	31	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	285
2001	246	8	26	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	306
2002	227	9	44	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	318
2003	227	9	44	38	0	n/a	n/a	0	318
2004	261	11	32	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	335
2005	258	7	32	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	320
2006	230	10	48	34	0	n/a	n/a	0	322
2007	241	10	45	34	1	n/a	n/a	0	331
2008	264	12	51	36	1	n/a	n/a	0	364
2009	262	10	52	36	1	n/a	n/a	0	361
2010	268	8	47	30	1	n/a	n/a	2	356
2011	249	8	43	44	1	0	2	0	347
2012	224	6	40	56	2	0	1	0	329
2013	209	6	37	63	0	1	3	0	319
2014	190	4	41	78	0	0	3	0	316
2015	180	4	38	67	1	0	7	0	297
2016	178	5	29	64	0	0	6	0	282
2017	187	4	28	66	0	1	7	0	293
2018	192	8	32	73	0	0	8	0	313
2019	200	8	35	80	0	1	8	0	332
2020	202	10	29	88	0	1	12	0	342
2021	185	9	33	80	0	1	11	0	319
2022	175	15	39	87	0	1	13	0	330
2023	166	20	37	78	0	1	12	0	314
2024	164	19	33	82	0	0	13	0	311

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at West Nyack Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	398	32.2	12.3	n/a
1990	408	26.4	15.4	n/a
1991	387	29.2	13.2	n/a
1992	398	28.2	14.1	n/a
1993	356	20.1	17.7	n/a
1994	327	19.1	17.1	1.8
1995	322	17.0	18.9	5.6
1996	322	17.0	18.9	5.6
1997	274	14.2	19.3	6.6
1998	263	14.0	18.8	3
1999	273	15.6	17.5	5.1
2000	285	18.2	15.7	5.6
2001	306	22.4	13.7	8.2
2002	318	20.7	15.4	8.2
2003	318	20.7	15.4	8.2
2004	335	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	320	21.7	14.7	12.2
2006	322	22.0	14.6	12.1
2007	331	22.0	15.0	10.3
2008	364	24.0	15.2	8
2009	361	24.0	15.0	12.2
2010	356	23.0	15.4	9.6
2011	347	24.1	14.3	6.3
2012	329	21.6	15.2	10.3
2013	319	23.6	13.5	8.8
2014	316	21.2	14.8	9.5
2015	297	19.0	15.6	12.8
2016	282	19.0	14.8	14.2
2017	293	22.6	12.9	7.5
2018	313	23.0	13.6	15.3
2019	332	26.3	12.5	19.3
2020	342	22.0	15.5	18.4
2021	319	31.2	10.2	18.5
2022	330	31.3	10.5	12.4
2023	314	30.2	10.3	17.5
2024	311	29.5	10.5	20.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio West Nyack Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	398	32.2	12.3	n/a
1990	408	26.4	15.4	n/a
1991	387	29.2	13.2	n/a
1992	398	28.2	14.1	n/a
1993	356	20.1	17.7	n/a
1994	327	19.1	17.1	1.8
1995	322	17.0	18.9	5.6
1996	322	17.0	18.9	5.6
1997	274	14.2	19.3	6.6
1998	263	14.0	18.8	3
1999	273	15.6	17.5	5.1
2000	285	18.2	15.7	5.6
2001	306	22.4	13.7	8.2
2002	318	20.7	15.4	8.2
2003	318	20.7	15.4	8.2
2004	335	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	320	21.7	14.7	12.2
2006	322	22.0	14.6	12.1
2007	331	22.0	15.0	10.3
2008	364	24.0	15.2	8
2009	361	24.0	15.0	12.2
2010	356	23.0	15.4	9.6
2011	347	24.1	14.3	6.3
2012	329	21.6	15.2	10.3
2013	319	23.6	13.5	8.8
2014	316	21.2	14.8	9.5
2015	297	19.0	15.6	12.8
2016	282	19.0	14.8	14.2
2017	293	22.6	12.9	7.5
2018	313	23.0	13.6	15.3
2019	332	26.3	12.5	19.3
2020	342	22.0	15.5	18.4
2021	319	31.2	10.2	18.5
2022	330	31.3	10.5	12.4
2023	314	30.2	10.3	17.5
2024	311	29.5	10.5	20.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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