BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary campus of low-enrollment scale in BUCHANAN, New York, part of HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 224 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 49% below that benchmark.

HENDRICK HUDSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,173 students. BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 43% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 60.2%, the actual is 59.0%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Westchester County put median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is FRANK G LINDSEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 34% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 224). The Black share of enrollment fell from 7% to 3% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 today.

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