Is Furnace Woods Elementary School a good school?

Furnace Woods Elementary School ranks 873 rd of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Furnace Woods Elementary School?

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

What is the racial makeup of Furnace Woods Elementary School?

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

What schools do graduates of Furnace Woods Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Furnace Woods Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Blue Mountain Middle School High : Hendrick Hudson High School

Furnace Woods Elementary School

Summary:

Furnace Woods Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Cortlandt Manor, New York, serving grades 2-5 with a total enrollment of 361 students. The school is part of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District, which is ranked 385 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Furnace Woods Elementary School has consistently performed well on New York State Assessments, with higher proficiency rates compared to the state average in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math for grades 4 and 5. The school's performance across different student subgroups is also noteworthy, with strong results for African American and Hispanic students. However, the school's challenges in supporting English Language Learners and the increasing percentage of students from lower-income families are areas that warrant further attention and support. When compared to other nearby schools, such as George Washington Elementary School and Crompond School, Furnace Woods' performance is more mixed, with some areas where it excels and others where it lags behind.

Furnace Woods Elementary School has a relatively high per-student spending, with $22,649 spent per student in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average. The school also has a low student-teacher ratio, with 10.7 students per teacher in the 2022-2023 school year, indicating a strong focus on individualized attention and support for students. However, the school's overall performance, as measured by SchoolDigger's star rating, has fluctuated over the years, ranging from a high of 5 stars in 2020-2021 to a low of 3 stars in the current 2023-2024 school year.

Detail:

Public 2-5

239 Watch Hill Rd
Cortlandt Manor, NY 10567-6498

(914) 257-5600

District: Hendrick Hudson Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
873^rd of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $22,649

Students who attend Furnace Woods Elementary School usually attend:

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

Student/teacher ratio: 10.7

Number of students: 361

Racial breakdown:

White:

50.1%

Hispanic:

36.6%

African American:

5.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 32.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Furnace Woods Elementary School ranks better than 64.3% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 61.26. (See more...)

Student Body

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...)

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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Teachers

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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Finance

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 2024 Rankings:

Furnace Woods Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Furnace Woods Elementary School 873^rd of 2445 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 385^th of 865 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
2006	81.39	277^th	2206	87.4%
2007	75.84	495^th	2219	77.7%
2008	77.88	403^rd	2227	81.9%
2009	65.55	896^th	2257	60.3%
2010	76.38	476^th	2263	79.0%
2011	80.29	359^th	2286	84.3%
2012	70.84	689^th	2320	70.3%
2013	68.46	646^th	2325	72.2%
2014	68.66	668^th	2345	71.5%
2015	80.47	397^th	2352	83.1%
2016	81.12	364^th	2366	84.6%
2017	76.43	484^th	2386	79.7%
2018	74.34	539^th	2395	77.5%
2019	83.69	345^th	2413	85.7%
2021	91.55	83^rd	2201	96.2%
2022	76.23	510^th	2434	79.0%
2023	54.08	1060^th	2439	56.5%
2024	61.26	873^rd	2445	64.3%

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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	907^th	1001	9.4%
2024	28.20	889^th	1066	16.6%

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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	1124^th	2016	44.2%
2024	47.95	884^th	2110	58.1%

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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
2018	48.72	958^th	2045	53.2%
2021	86.59	123^rd	1678	92.7%
2022	78.59	287^th	2099	86.3%
2023	33.45	1360^th	2041	33.4%
2024	50.04	926^th	2078	55.4%

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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
2018	70.45	618^th	2338	73.6%
2019	82.94	339^th	2357	85.6%
2021	92.12	47^th	1955	97.6%
2022	75.29	501^st	2401	79.1%
2023	54.77	1031^st	2403	57.1%
2024	62.21	810^th	2413	66.4%

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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
2018	75.04	501^st	2340	78.6%
2019	79.50	420^th	2358	82.2%
2021	87.75	136^th	1961	93.1%
2022	75.43	494^th	2400	79.4%
2023	52.42	1093^rd	2400	54.5%
2024	58.82	922^nd	2411	61.8%

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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	410^th	857	52.2%
2024	63.35	260^th	927	72.0%

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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
2018	58.69	496^th	1392	64.4%
2022	76.86	238^th	1503	84.2%
2023	46.15	724^th	1429	49.3%
2024	56.33	548^th	1531	64.2%

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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
2018	71.40	355^th	1408	74.8%
2019	77.51	281^st	1338	79.0%
2021	85.92	76^th	1224	93.8%
2022	62.99	494^th	1399	64.7%
2023	55.24	614^th	1337	54.1%
2024	63.96	471^st	1392	66.2%

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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 Furnace Woods Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	243	7	11	10	0	n/a	n/a	271
1990	247	8	11	7	0	n/a	n/a	273
1991	271	6	11	5	0	n/a	n/a	293
1992	303	7	10	4	0	n/a	n/a	324
1993	327	11	12	5	0	n/a	n/a	355
1994	357	8	6	6	0	n/a	n/a	377
1995	346	9	12	5	0	n/a	n/a	372
1996	346	9	12	5	0	n/a	n/a	372
1997	326	11	19	11	0	n/a	n/a	367
1998	334	8	20	5	0	n/a	n/a	367
1999	314	9	19	4	0	n/a	n/a	346
2000	324	13	24	12	0	n/a	n/a	373
2001	330	9	23	10	0	n/a	n/a	372
2002	308	10	38	25	0	n/a	n/a	381
2003	308	10	38	25	0	n/a	n/a	381
2004	305	18	40	39	0	n/a	n/a	402
2005	313	22	49	38	0	n/a	n/a	422
2006	289	29	50	42	0	n/a	n/a	410
2007	292	17	46	45	0	n/a	n/a	400
2008	298	13	38	45	0	n/a	n/a	394
2009	280	13	41	44	0	n/a	n/a	378
2010	271	14	38	40	0	n/a	n/a	363
2011	246	7	28	44	0	0	0	325
2012	243	3	25	56	1	0	8	336
2013	227	5	15	52	1	0	9	309
2014	196	4	13	42	1	0	10	266
2015	175	4	12	32	1	0	8	232
2016	168	6	9	45	0	0	15	243
2017	165	7	9	48	1	0	13	243
2018	161	9	6	48	1	0	13	238
2019	158	7	8	50	1	0	15	239
2020	144	4	6	54	1	0	14	223
2021	151	8	8	57	0	0	14	238
2022	154	11	9	61	0	0	14	249
2023	181	20	11	132	0	0	17	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.

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