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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361995004831

BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

45 COURT ST, BEDFORD, NY 10506 · (914) 234-4178 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of New York public elementary schools
  • ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • B+Beats 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 elementary schools

Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 443
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
31 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6219%
Grade 15817%
Grade 25316%
Grade 35015%
Grade 45115%
Grade 54814%
Ungraded113%

This year's kindergarten class (62) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (48).

Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
25376%
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
5316%
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
41%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 16% · US 15%
Asian
52%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
185%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
19358%
Female
14042%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL→FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
79.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +16.0pp since 2023
Math
77.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2579.0%77.0%
2023-2463.0%79.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
74.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school3339.3%74.6%
LOCKHART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MASSAPEQUA
3597.5%68.8%
OCEAN AVENUE SCHOOL
NORTHPORT
34612.1%69.4%
BABYLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BABYLON
3375.0%N/A
SCHOOL 9E-BOARDMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
OCEANSIDE
33310.8%66.6%
SYLVAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BAYPORT
31813.8%70.8%
Matched among New York elementary 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 BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Westchester County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
74.6%#269 of 2,335#32 of 120
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
77.0%#457 of 2,342
▼ 124
#47 of 127
▼ 1
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
79.0%#277 of 2,343
▲ 167
#32 of 127
▲ 18
Enrollment
ranked largest first
333#1,783 of 2,585#111 of 146
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
11.5:1#1,054 of 2,338#62 of 141
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
39.4%#1,624 of 2,388#118 of 141
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
9.3%#2,437 of 2,534#110 of 137
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked fastest growth first
+25.7%#97 of 606#2 of 34
Ranked against other public elementary 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 2024-25
Enrollment
333
+58 (+21%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 415
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 13.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-253332911.5:19% (31)
2023-243032313.2:16% (19)
2022-233032512.1:17% (21)
2020-212752113.1:16% (17)
2017-182651814.7:14% (11)
2015-162992114.2:15% (14)
2010-114203113.6:11% (5)
2000-014153013.8:12% (7)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

About BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BEDFORD, New York, is home to BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 333 students. That puts enrollment 25% below the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.

The 7 schools of BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, including BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, enroll 3,519 students.

More than half of enrollment at BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 76%. The remaining shares are 16% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Westchester County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 39%.

The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 9% of the student body. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.

BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 80% of New York public elementary schools.

BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 71.6% and the result is 74.6%.

Looking at the county, Westchester County, median household income comes to about $118,976, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 255 public schools and about 140,968 students.

The closest school to BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL, located about 2.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.

Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.

Federal enrollment counts increased from 275 (2020-21) to 333 (2024-25). From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 13.1:1 to 11.5:1.

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Westchester County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
District
BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
45 COURT ST, BEDFORD, NY 10506
Phone
(914) 234-4178
County
Westchester County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
333
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
11.5:1
Free and reduced lunch
31 (9%)
Locale
41-Rural: Fringe
NCES ID
361995004831
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
How large is BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 333 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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