📍 372 Church St, Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County, 12601
Smith Early Learning Center is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Poughkeepsie, Dutchess County. The school has 297 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Poughkeepsie City School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–K in an urban setting. The school employs 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, devices for students.
Smith Early Learning Center enrolls 297 students across grades Pre-K–K. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 18.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% Hispanic or Latino, 38% Black or African American and 6.4% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 151 | 51% |
| Black or African American | 113 | 38% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 6.4% |
| White | 12 | 4% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
239 of the school's 297 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 239 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Smith Early Learning Center is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 41, state house district 104.
Smith Early Learning Center is one of 7 schools in POUGHKEEPSIE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in POUGHKEEPSIE, New York. The district serves 3,887 students district-wide and employs 305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 297 students, Smith Early Learning Center is smaller than the district average of about 555 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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