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Enrollment
493
High
DISTRICT 334 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361065000837
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
98 S GOODWIN AVE, ELMSFORD, NY 10523 · (914) 592-7311 · Westchester County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL493 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
230 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 18% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 88 | 18% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
61.5%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.1pp since 2023
Math
43.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 43.6% |
| 2023-24 | 58.5% | 34.9% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 493 | 46.7% | 45.0% |
| WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL HARTSDALE | 658 | 40.3% | 56.0% |
| PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL PEEKSKILL | 1,178 | 49.4% | 39.3% |
| CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CHESTER | 538 | 42.0% | 54.4% |
| WEST HEMPSTEAD SECONDARY SCHOOL WEST HEMPSTEAD | 806 | 33.0% | 61.0% |
| COLUMBIA SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 714 | 44.5% | 83.1% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #833 of 1,135 | #40 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.6% | #691 of 1,109 ▲ 136 | #37 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #760 of 1,135 ▲ 92 | #45 of 48 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 493 | #550 of 1,216 | #40 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #394 of 1,058 | #21 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.4% | #437 of 1,070 | #25 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #743 of 1,167 | #18 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #242 of 339 | #9 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
493
+38 (+8%) vs 2020
+114% since 1990-91, when it was 230
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 493 | 47.4 | 10.4:1 | 47% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 46.4 | 10.3:1 | 51% (244) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 44.3 | 10.9:1 | 53% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 455 | 42 | 10.8:1 | 50% (228) |
| 2017-18 | 475 | 40.3 | 11.8:1 | 44% (208) |
| 2015-16 | 441 | 38 | 11.6:1 | 46% (203) |
| 2010-11 | 397 | 40 | 9.9:1 | 40% (158) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 39 | 9.9:1 | 28% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 230 | 34 | 6.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school with an address in ELMSFORD, New York. The school covers grades 7 through 12 and reported 493 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
A total of 3 schools make up ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,001 students enrolled.
The student body at ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is 65% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 22% Black, 6% Asian, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 52%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is 10.4:1, based on 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL counts 47% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County, the school's rate is higher.
Among New York public high schools, ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL outscored 15%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.0% and a predicted 57.8%.
The school is in Westchester County, where the median household earns about $118,976 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL shares Westchester County with 254 other public schools.
Of the public schools around it, ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is closest to ALICE E GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th of 5 on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% rise, from 455 to 493.
The allk12 page for ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALICE E GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- CARL L DIXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 116 students
Other schools in ELMSFORD
- ALICE E GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 392 students
- CARL L DIXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 116 students
Nearby schools
- ALICE E GRADY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 392
- CARL L DIXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 116
- RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 404
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM1.6 mi · 62
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 658
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL1.7 mi · 245
Frequently asked questions
About ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 493 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL have?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 4% White, 65% Hispanic, 22% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL in?
ALEXANDER HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL is part of ELMSFORD UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.