📍 6 Hillside Lake Rd, Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, 12590
Van Wyck Junior High School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County. The school has 843 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Wappingers Central School District school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 71.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 32% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Van Wyck Junior High School enrolls 843 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 71.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 6.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 592 | 70% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 148 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 34 | 4% |
| Two or more races | 17 | 2% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
175 of the school's 843 students (21%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 158 qualify for free lunch and 17 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Van Wyck Junior High School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 41, state house district 105.
Van Wyck Junior High School is one of 15 schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in HOPEWELL JUNCTION, New York. The district serves 10,514 students district-wide and employs 717 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 843 students, Van Wyck Junior High School is larger than the district average of about 701 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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