Furnace Woods Elementary School

Summary:

Furnace Woods Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Cortlandt Manor, New York, serving grades 4-5 with a total enrollment of 361 students. The school is part of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, which is ranked 387 out of 866 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Furnace Woods Elementary School consistently outperforms the state and district averages in proficiency rates for English Language Arts (ELA) and Math on the New York State Assessments. In the 2022-2023 school year, 57.41% of 4th-grade students and 36.9% of 5th-grade students were proficient or better in ELA, compared to the state averages of 48.79% and 45.09%, respectively. In the same year, 65.06% of 4th-grade students and 45.51% of 5th-grade students were proficient or better in Math, compared to the state averages of 53.85% and 49.69%, respectively. The school's performance in Science is also noteworthy, with 100% of 4th-grade students proficient or better in the 2021-2022 school year, significantly higher than the state average of 79.97%.

Despite having a more diverse student population compared to some nearby schools, with a higher percentage of Hispanic and African American students, Furnace Woods Elementary School has been able to maintain strong academic performance across different racial subgroups. The school's rankings for African American, Hispanic, and White students are all within the top half of New York elementary schools. Additionally, the school has been able to achieve high academic performance despite having a higher percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with its ranking for low-socioeconomic status students in the top 15% of New York elementary schools. When compared to other schools in the region, such as George Washington Elementary School in the Lakeland Central School District and Carrie E Tompkins School in the Croton-Harmon Union Free School District, Furnace Woods Elementary School maintains a competitive academic standing.


Detail:

Public 2-5

 239 Watch Hill Rd
       Cortlandt Manor, NY  10567-6498


(914) 257-5600

District: Hendrick Hudson Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1060th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $22,649 Help


Students who attend Furnace Woods Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Blue Mountain Middle School
High:    Hendrick Hudson High School

Student/teacher ratio:  10.7 Help
Number of students:  361

Racial breakdown:

White:
50.1%
Hispanic:
36.6%
African American:
5.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  32.1% Help


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Compare Details Furnace Woods Elementary School ranks better than 56.5% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 54.08. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Furnace Woods Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Hendrick Hudson Central School District. Racial makeup is: White (50.1%), Hispanic (36.6%), African American (5.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 32.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Hendrick Hudson Central School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Furnace Woods Elementary School is 10.7. 1 elementary schools in the Hendrick Hudson Central School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Furnace Woods Elementary School is $22,649, which is the highest among 3 elementary schools in the Hendrick Hudson Central School District!
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Furnace Woods Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Furnace Woods Elementary School 1060th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See Furnace Woods Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Hendrick Hudson Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Hendrick Hudson Central School District 387th of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Furnace Woods Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 81.39 277th 2206 87.4%
2007 75.84 495th 2219 77.7%
2008 77.88 403rd 2227 81.9%
2009 65.55 896th 2257 60.3%
2010 76.38 476th 2263 79.0%
2011 80.29 359th 2286 84.3%
2012 70.84 689th 2320 70.3%
2013 68.46 646th 2325 72.2%
2014 68.66 668th 2345 71.5%
2015 80.47 397th 2352 83.1%
2016 81.12 364th 2366 84.6%
2017 76.43 484th 2386 79.7%
2018 74.34 539th 2395 77.5%
2019 83.69 345th 2413 85.7%
2021 91.55 83rd 2201 96.2%
2022 76.23 510th 2434 79.0%
2023 54.08 1060th 2439 56.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 23.75 907th 1001 9.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 38.94 1124th 2016 44.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.72 958th 2045 53.2%
2021 86.59 123rd 1678 92.7%
2022 78.59 287th 2099 86.3%
2023 33.45 1360th 2041 33.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.45 618th 2338 73.6%
2019 82.94 339th 2357 85.6%
2021 92.12 47th 1955 97.6%
2022 75.29 501st 2401 79.1%
2023 54.77 1031st 2403 57.1%
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Rank History for Male students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.04 501st 2340 78.6%
2019 79.50 420th 2358 82.2%
2021 87.75 136th 1961 93.1%
2022 75.43 494th 2400 79.4%
2023 52.42 1093rd 2400 54.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 47.60 410th 857 52.2%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.69 496th 1392 64.4%
2022 76.86 238th 1503 84.2%
2023 46.15 724th 1429 49.3%
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Rank History for White students at Furnace Woods Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.40 355th 1408 74.8%
2019 77.51 281st 1338 79.0%
2021 85.92 76th 1224 93.8%
2022 62.99 494th 1399 64.7%
2023 55.24 614th 1337 54.1%
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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Furnace Woods Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 243 7 11 10 0 n/a n/a 0 271
1990 247 8 11 7 0 n/a n/a 0 273
1991 271 6 11 5 0 n/a n/a 0 293
1992 303 7 10 4 0 n/a n/a 0 324
1993 327 11 12 5 0 n/a n/a 0 355
1994 357 8 6 6 0 n/a n/a 0 377
1995 346 9 12 5 0 n/a n/a 0 372
1996 346 9 12 5 0 n/a n/a 0 372
1997 326 11 19 11 0 n/a n/a 0 367
1998 334 8 20 5 0 n/a n/a 0 367
1999 314 9 19 4 0 n/a n/a 0 346
2000 324 13 24 12 0 n/a n/a 0 373
2001 330 9 23 10 0 n/a n/a 0 372
2002 308 10 38 25 0 n/a n/a 0 381
2003 308 10 38 25 0 n/a n/a 0 381
2004 305 18 40 39 0 n/a n/a 0 402
2005 313 22 49 38 0 n/a n/a 0 422
2006 289 29 50 42 0 n/a n/a 0 410
2007 292 17 46 45 0 n/a n/a 0 400
2008 298 13 38 45 0 n/a n/a 0 394
2009 280 13 41 44 0 n/a n/a 0 378
2010 271 14 38 40 0 n/a n/a 0 363
2011 246 7 28 44 0 0 0 0 325
2012 243 3 25 56 1 0 8 0 336
2013 227 5 15 52 1 0 9 0 309
2014 196 4 13 42 1 0 10 0 266
2015 175 4 12 32 1 0 8 0 232
2016 168 6 9 45 0 0 15 0 243
2017 165 7 9 48 1 0 13 0 243
2018 161 9 6 48 1 0 13 0 238
2019 158 7 8 50 1 0 15 0 239
2020 144 4 6 54 1 0 14 0 223
2021 151 8 8 57 0 0 14 0 238
2022 154 11 9 61 0 0 14 0 249
2023 181 20 11 132 0 0 17 0 361

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 Furnace Woods Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 271 21.4 12.6 n/a
1990 273 20.7 13.1 n/a
1991 293 20.7 14.1 n/a
1992 324 21.5 15.0 n/a
1993 355 19.2 18.5 n/a
1994 377 24.1 15.6 0
1995 372 23.4 15.9 1.3
1996 372 23.4 15.9 1.3
1997 367 24.6 14.9 1.6
1998 367 24.1 15.2 0.8
1999 346 24.5 14.1 0.9
2000 373 26.2 14.2 0.8
2001 372 28.0 13.3 0.5
2002 381 30.2 12.6 2.9
2003 381 30.2 12.6 2.9
2004 402 n/a n/a n/a
2005 422 28.9 14.6 4.7
2006 410 30.0 13.7 5.1
2007 400 29.6 13.5 5.8
2008 394 27.6 14.3 4.8
2009 378 29.6 12.8 6.3
2010 363 27.0 13.4 8.8
2011 325 24.7 13.1 9.8
2012 336 20.0 16.7 8.6
2013 309 21.0 14.7 7.8
2014 266 20.0 13.3 6.8
2015 232 15.0 15.4 7.8
2016 243 16.0 15.1 8.6
2017 243 17.1 14.1 14.8
2018 238 16.0 14.8 16
2019 239 18.0 13.2 12.6
2020 223 24.0 9.2 13
2021 238 24.9 9.5 15.5
2022 249 30.4 8.1 18.5
2023 361 33.5 10.7 32.1

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 Furnace Woods Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 271 21.4 12.6 n/a
1990 273 20.7 13.1 n/a
1991 293 20.7 14.1 n/a
1992 324 21.5 15.0 n/a
1993 355 19.2 18.5 n/a
1994 377 24.1 15.6 0
1995 372 23.4 15.9 1.3
1996 372 23.4 15.9 1.3
1997 367 24.6 14.9 1.6
1998 367 24.1 15.2 0.8
1999 346 24.5 14.1 0.9
2000 373 26.2 14.2 0.8
2001 372 28.0 13.3 0.5
2002 381 30.2 12.6 2.9
2003 381 30.2 12.6 2.9
2004 402 n/a n/a n/a
2005 422 28.9 14.6 4.7
2006 410 30.0 13.7 5.1
2007 400 29.6 13.5 5.8
2008 394 27.6 14.3 4.8
2009 378 29.6 12.8 6.3
2010 363 27.0 13.4 8.8
2011 325 24.7 13.1 9.8
2012 336 20.0 16.7 8.6
2013 309 21.0 14.7 7.8
2014 266 20.0 13.3 6.8
2015 232 15.0 15.4 7.8
2016 243 16.0 15.1 8.6
2017 243 17.1 14.1 14.8
2018 238 16.0 14.8 16
2019 239 18.0 13.2 12.6
2020 223 24.0 9.2 13
2021 238 24.9 9.5 15.5
2022 249 30.4 8.1 18.5
2023 361 33.5 10.7 32.1

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.

Immunization Rates

Furnace Woods Elementary School

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricella
201398.4%1.0%0.0%98.7%98.4%99.0%99.0%98.7%98.4%99.0%
201497.7%1.9%0.0%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%98.1%97.7%98.1%
201595.8%1.7%0.0%98.3%98.3%97.5%98.3%96.6%98.3%98.3%
201696.7%0.8%0.0%97.9%98.8%98.8%99.2%99.2%98.8%98.3%
201797.6%0.8%0.0%100.0%99.2%99.2%99.6%99.6%99.2%98.8%
201898.3%0.4%0.0%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.2%99.2%
201998.8%0.0%0.0%99.2%98.8%98.8%99.2%99.2%99.2%98.8%
202098.7%0.0%99.1%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.1%99.1%99.1%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Furnace Woods Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $126 (0.6%) $21,615 (99.4%) $21,742
2020 $00 (0.0%) $23,152 (100.0%) $23,152
2021 $00 (0.0%) $24,366 (100.0%) $24,366
2022 $00 (0.0%) $26,294 (100.0%) $26,294
2023 $268 (1.2%) $22,381 (98.8%) $22,649

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Furnace Woods Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 345th of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 1060th of 2439 Elementary schools
 29.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Furnace Woods Elementary School)7554.2
 20.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Hendrick Hudson Central School District)6159
 2%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5246.3
 5.7%
3rd Grade Math (Furnace Woods Elementary School)8479.2
 4.8%
   3rd Grade Math (Hendrick Hudson Central School District)6767.3
 0.3%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5447.7
 6.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Furnace Woods Elementary School)8357.4
 25.6%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Hendrick Hudson Central School District)4857.4
 9.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (Furnace Woods Elementary School)6965.1
 3.9%
   4th Grade Math (Hendrick Hudson Central School District)5265.1
 13.1%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Furnace Woods Elementary School)4336.9
 6.1%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Hendrick Hudson Central School District)3536.9
 1.9%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (Furnace Woods Elementary School)7445.5
 28.5%
   5th Grade Math (Hendrick Hudson Central School District)5245.2
 6.8%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students239361
 51%
African American720
 185.7%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian811
 37.5%
Hispanic50132
 164%
Pacific Islander00
White158181
 14.6%
Two or More Races1517
 13.3%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients12.6%32.1%
 19.6%


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Furnace Woods Elementary School ranks 1060th of 2439 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Furnace Woods Elementary School are 50% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% African American, 5% Two or more races, 3% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 361 students attended Furnace Woods Elementary School.

Students who attend Furnace Woods Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Blue Mountain Middle School
High : Hendrick Hudson High School


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