BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL

BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in PLEASANTVILLE, New York, one of the schools within PLEASANTVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 549 students spanning grades K through 4. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL sits 24% above that benchmark.

PLEASANTVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,603 students. BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL lists that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 78.9%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the area at large, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 87.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 581 students in 2018 compared to 549 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 14% to 24% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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