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Enrollment
522
Elementary
DISTRICT 519 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363198004280
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL
2285 BROAD ST, YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, NY 10598 · (914) 243-8000 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–03ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL522 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% 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
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
77 students
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 129 | 25% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 3% |
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within YORKTOWN CENTRAL 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
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 77.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 BROOKSIDE SCHOOL
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROOKSIDE SCHOOL this school | 522 | 14.8% | 75.8% |
| ACCOMPSETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 523 | 14.0% | 53.8% |
| CROMPOND SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 559 | 13.8% | 71.6% |
| PRIMROSE SCHOOL LINCOLNDALE | 515 | 14.4% | N/A |
| MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 514 | 17.3% | 40.0% |
| MOHANSIC SCHOOL YORKTOWN HEIGHTS | 476 | 12.8% | 73.8% |
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 BROOKSIDE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #246 of 2,335 | #30 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #362 of 2,342 ▲ 23 | #42 of 127 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #339 of 2,343 ▼ 50 | #43 of 127 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 522 | #727 of 2,585 | #49 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #785 of 2,338 | #43 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.3% | #1,592 of 2,388 | #113 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.8% | #2,348 of 2,534 | #98 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.6% | #165 of 606 | #5 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 2024-25Enrollment
522
+42 (+9%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 486
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 522 | 47.9 | 10.9:1 | 15% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 45.5 | 11.1:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 47.8 | 10.9:1 | 10% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 48 | 10.0:1 | 10% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 35 | 14.2:1 | 10% (49) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 39 | 13.0:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 486 | 27 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROOKSIDE SCHOOL.
About BROOKSIDE SCHOOL
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, New York. The school teaches kindergarten through 3 and enrolls 522 students.
YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 5 schools with 3,455 students in all.
The student body at BROOKSIDE SCHOOL is 76% White. It is also 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Westchester County's residents are about 52% White, 24 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 40% means there is a 40% chance two randomly chosen students at BROOKSIDE SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school has 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in New York have an average ratio of 12.8:1. The school reported 15% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County.
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of New York public elementary schools.
In New York, BROOKSIDE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 75.8% actual against a predicted 69.6%.
In the surrounding county, Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting BROOKSIDE SCHOOL, Westchester County has 255 public schools.
Measured in a straight line, PUTNAM-WESTCHESTER BOCES is about 0.9 miles from BROOKSIDE SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, BROOKSIDE SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 522, from 480 in 2020-21.
The BROOKSIDE SCHOOL discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,105 students
- MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- CROMPOND SCHOOLElementary · 559 students
- MOHANSIC SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
Other schools in YORKTOWN HEIGHTS
- LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,219 students
- YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,105 students
- MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 793 students
- CROMPOND SCHOOLElementary · 559 students
- MOHANSIC SCHOOLElementary · 476 students
- BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Other Brookside schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Brookside. BROOKSIDE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 6.
- BROOKSIDE SCHOOLOSSINING, NY · 672 students
- BrooksideStockton, CA · 768 students
- BrooksideMilford, MA · 578 students
- Brookside SchoolAllendale, NJ · 502 students
- Brookside SchoolSPRINGVILLE, UT · 362 students
Nearby schools
- PUTNAM-WESTCHESTER BOCES0.9 mi · 327
- MILDRED E STRANG MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 793
- YORKTOWN HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 1,105
- MOHANSIC SCHOOL1.4 mi · 476
- CROMPOND SCHOOL2.2 mi · 559
- LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL3.1 mi · 1,219
Frequently asked questions
About BROOKSIDE SCHOOLHow large is BROOKSIDE SCHOOL?
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 522 students in grades KG-03.
What age range does BROOKSIDE SCHOOL serve?
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 03.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROOKSIDE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROOKSIDE SCHOOL is approximately 10.9:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROOKSIDE SCHOOL?
At BROOKSIDE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees BROOKSIDE SCHOOL?
BROOKSIDE SCHOOL is overseen by YORKTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.