Is Kent Primary School a good school?

Kent Primary School ranks 913 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Kent Primary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 368 students attended Kent Primary School.

What is the racial makeup of Kent Primary School?

Students at Kent Primary School are 47% White, 46% Hispanic, 5% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

What schools do graduates of Kent Primary School attend?

Students who attend Kent Primary School usually go on to attend: Middle : George Fischer Middle School High : Carmel High School

Kent Primary School

Summary:

Kent Primary School is an elementary school located in Carmel, New York, serving grades K-4 with a total enrollment of 366 students. It is part of the Carmel Central School District, which is ranked 467 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Kent Primary School consistently outperforms the Carmel Central School District and the state of New York in proficiency rates for both English Language Arts (ELA) and Math across grades 3 and 4. In the 2023-2024 school year, Kent Primary School's 4th-grade Math proficiency rate was 71.62%, compared to the district's 63.43% and the state's 58.03%. The school's 4th-grade ELA proficiency rate was 56%, compared to the district's 50.93% and the state's 47.05%. However, the school's English Language Learner (ELL) students perform significantly worse, ranking in the bottom 10% of New York elementary schools for this subgroup. Kent Primary School has a higher per-student spending compared to the district and state averages, with a 2022-2023 spending of $22,251 per student, and maintains a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 11 to 12 students per teacher over the past few years.

Nearby schools in the Mahopac Central School District and Arlington Central School District generally perform on par or slightly better than Kent Primary School, with schools like Fulmar Road Elementary and Beekman School standing out with stronger academic performance, particularly in Math. Within the Carmel Central School District, Matthew Paterson Elementary School and Kent Elementary School perform slightly lower than Kent Primary School across ELA and Math proficiency rates.

Detail:

Public K-4

1065 Rt 52
Carmel, NY 10512-0296

(845) 225-5025

District: Carmel Central School District

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

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,251

Students who attend Kent Primary School usually attend:

Middle:	George Fischer Middle School
High:	Carmel High School

Student/teacher ratio: 12.2

Number of students: 368

Racial breakdown:

White:

46.7%

Hispanic:

46.5%

Two or more races:

4.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 41.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Kent Primary School ranks better than 62.7% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks first among 3 ranked elementary schools in the Carmel Central School District! (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.67. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Kent Primary School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Carmel Central School District. Racial makeup is: White (46.7%), Hispanic (46.5%), two or more races (4.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 41.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Carmel Central School District. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Kent Primary School is 12.2, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Carmel Central School District! (See more...)

Compare Kent Primary School employs 30.1 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Kent Primary School is $22,251. 1 elementary schools in the Carmel Central School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Kent Primary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Kent Primary School 913^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Kent Primary School in the ranking list.)

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Carmel Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Carmel Central School District 467^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Kent Primary School

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Rank History for all students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	71.66	666^th	2206	69.8%
2007	78.39	390^th	2219	82.4%
2008	83.18	177^th	2227	92.1%
2009	78.45	351^st	2257	84.4%
2010	80.18	346^th	2263	84.7%
2011	76.43	489^th	2286	78.6%
2012	74.92	557^th	2320	76.0%
2013	74.72	490^th	2325	78.9%
2014	78.23	430^th	2345	81.7%
2015	83.75	301^st	2352	87.2%
2016	81.26	360^th	2366	84.8%
2017	68.94	697^th	2386	70.8%
2018	53.43	1107^th	2395	53.8%
2019	61.72	862^nd	2413	64.3%
2021	50.63	1056^th	2201	52.0%
2022	43.86	1350^th	2434	44.5%
2023	54.75	1047^th	2439	57.1%
2024	59.67	913^th	2445	62.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	45.06	465^th	938	50.4%
2021	42.00	248^th	454	45.4%
2022	23.94	904^th	1027	12.0%
2023	30.13	777^th	1001	22.4%
2024	18.58	1048^th	1066	1.7%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	70.45	319^th	1941	83.6%
2019	54.07	584^th	1859	68.6%
2021	53.05	383^rd	1044	63.3%
2022	50.25	774^th	2031	61.9%
2023	71.48	350^th	2016	82.6%
2024	47.23	906^th	2110	57.1%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	46.39	1027^th	2045	49.8%
2019	64.25	562^nd	2032	72.3%
2021	43.43	942^nd	1678	43.9%
2022	38.82	1261^st	2099	39.9%
2023	48.77	928^th	2041	54.5%
2024	48.44	963^rd	2078	53.7%

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Rank History for Female students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.78	1182^nd	2338	49.4%
2019	68.69	689^th	2357	70.8%
2021	38.97	1231^st	1955	37.0%
2022	40.91	1435^th	2401	40.2%
2023	50.87	1136^th	2403	52.7%
2024	56.63	958^th	2413	60.3%

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Rank History for Male students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.48	1029^th	2340	56.0%
2019	56.78	955^th	2358	59.5%
2021	55.17	851^st	1961	56.6%
2022	47.30	1235^th	2400	48.5%
2023	57.91	946^th	2400	60.6%
2024	61.34	848^th	2411	64.8%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	40.32	885^th	1503	41.1%

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Rank History for White students at Kent Primary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.71	639^th	1408	54.6%
2019	61.29	504^th	1338	62.3%
2021	51.33	632^nd	1224	48.4%
2022	40.22	877^th	1399	37.3%
2023	49.63	703^rd	1337	47.4%
2024	65.33	453^rd	1392	67.5%

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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 Kent Primary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	547	2	2	5	0	n/a	n/a	556
1990	536	3	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	543
1991	540	7	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	557
1992	582	4	4	1	0	n/a	n/a	591
1993	596	7	1	4	0	n/a	n/a	608
1994	565	2	3	5	2	n/a	n/a	577
1995	574	7	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	592
1996	574	7	1	10	0	n/a	n/a	592
1997	550	4	0	14	0	n/a	n/a	568
1998	563	2	4	5	1	n/a	n/a	575
1999	551	15	0	18	0	n/a	n/a	584
2000	504	8	8	39	0	n/a	n/a	559
2001	464	7	12	47	2	n/a	n/a	532
2002	469	10	9	45	1	n/a	n/a	534
2003	469	10	9	45	1	n/a	n/a	534
2004	449	11	14	48	0	n/a	n/a	522
2005	421	11	19	51	0	n/a	n/a	502
2006	388	10	22	57	1	n/a	n/a	478
2007	379	15	23	61	1	n/a	n/a	479
2008	373	15	18	56	0	n/a	n/a	462
2009	372	10	13	63	0	n/a	n/a	458
2010	356	10	18	76	0	n/a	n/a	460
2011	354	12	15	90	0	0	0	471
2012	328	6	8	114	0	1	11	468
2013	309	6	7	114	0	1	15	452
2014	285	6	14	117	1	0	17	440
2015	261	7	12	123	1	0	9	413
2016	222	8	10	142	2	0	9	393
2017	214	8	8	143	2	0	6	381
2018	203	7	7	167	2	0	9	395
2019	196	10	10	162	0	0	16	394
2020	213	12	10	169	0	0	17	421
2021	197	5	7	147	0	0	21	377
2022	206	10	7	142	0	0	24	389
2023	184	6	6	147	0	0	23	366
2024	172	3	5	171	0	0	17	368

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 Kent Primary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	556	29.9	18.5	n/a
1990	543	34.0	15.9	n/a
1991	557	33.0	16.8	n/a
1992	591	33.9	17.4	n/a
1993	608	27.0	22.5	n/a
1994	577	29.0	19.9	4.9
1995	592	30.0	19.7	5.4
1996	592	30.0	19.7	5.4
1997	568	28.0	20.3	5.1
1998	575	28.0	20.5	6.6
1999	584	29.0	20.1	5.7
2000	559	28.0	20.0	7.9
2001	532	31.0	17.2	5.8
2002	534	30.3	17.6	4.9
2003	534	30.3	17.6	4.9
2004	522	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	502	30.5	16.5	6
2006	478	31.0	15.4	8.6
2007	479	27.4	17.5	8.8
2008	462	29.0	15.9	8.7
2009	458	32.0	14.3	11.6
2010	460	29.0	15.8	12.8
2011	471	30.2	15.5	16.3
2012	468	28.0	16.7	19.9
2013	452	28.0	16.1	20.4
2014	440	29.0	15.1	n/a
2015	413	30.0	13.7	27.4
2016	393	29.0	13.5	36.1
2017	381	29.0	13.1	35.7
2018	395	34.0	11.6	34.4
2019	394	31.6	12.4	34.5
2020	421	30.6	13.7	34.2
2021	377	34.0	11.0	31.6
2022	389	33.2	11.7	29.8
2023	366	30.2	12.0	38.8
2024	368	30.1	12.2	41.6

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 Kent Primary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	556	29.9	18.5	n/a
1990	543	34.0	15.9	n/a
1991	557	33.0	16.8	n/a
1992	591	33.9	17.4	n/a
1993	608	27.0	22.5	n/a
1994	577	29.0	19.9	4.9
1995	592	30.0	19.7	5.4
1996	592	30.0	19.7	5.4
1997	568	28.0	20.3	5.1
1998	575	28.0	20.5	6.6
1999	584	29.0	20.1	5.7
2000	559	28.0	20.0	7.9
2001	532	31.0	17.2	5.8
2002	534	30.3	17.6	4.9
2003	534	30.3	17.6	4.9
2004	522	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	502	30.5	16.5	6
2006	478	31.0	15.4	8.6
2007	479	27.4	17.5	8.8
2008	462	29.0	15.9	8.7
2009	458	32.0	14.3	11.6
2010	460	29.0	15.8	12.8
2011	471	30.2	15.5	16.3
2012	468	28.0	16.7	19.9
2013	452	28.0	16.1	20.4
2014	440	29.0	15.1	n/a
2015	413	30.0	13.7	27.4
2016	393	29.0	13.5	36.1
2017	381	29.0	13.1	35.7
2018	395	34.0	11.6	34.4
2019	394	31.6	12.4	34.5
2020	421	30.6	13.7	34.2
2021	377	34.0	11.0	31.6
2022	389	33.2	11.7	29.8
2023	366	30.2	12.0	38.8
2024	368	30.1	12.2	41.6

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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