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Enrollment
520
Elementary
DISTRICT 618 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361824001644
CENTRAL SCHOOL
1100 PALMER AVE, LARCHMONT, NY 10538 · (914) 220-3400 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL520 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 83% 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
11.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
89 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 27 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 MAMARONECK 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
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
74.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 CENTRAL SCHOOL
CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (74.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 520 | 17.1% | 74.5% |
| ALBANY AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH MASSAPEQUA | 536 | 16.6% | 65.8% |
| SMITHTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SMITHTOWN | 517 | 19.0% | 58.0% |
| PS 9 SARAH ANDERSON NEW YORK | 529 | 14.6% | 85.0% |
| WILLIAM O SCHAEFER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAPPAN | 559 | 15.9% | N/A |
| THOMAS J LAHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENLAWN | 602 | 16.9% | 66.2% |
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 CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.5% | #270 of 2,335 | #33 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #426 of 2,342 ▼ 139 | #46 of 127 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #437 of 2,343 ▼ 107 | #51 of 127 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 520 | #734 of 2,585 | #50 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #1,157 of 2,338 | #65 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #1,069 of 2,388 | #69 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #2,299 of 2,534 | #93 of 137 |
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
520
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 520 | 44.3 | 11.7:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 511 | 39.8 | 12.8:1 | 14% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 513 | 39.7 | 12.9:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 38 | 13.0:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 31.6 | 16.4:1 | 17% (89) |
| 2015-16 | 483 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 13% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 14% (70) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 4% (21) |
| 1990-91 | 505 | 39 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About CENTRAL SCHOOL
CENTRAL SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school located in LARCHMONT, New York. School enrollment was 520 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5.
CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of a district of 6 schools: MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 5,520 students.
A majority of students at CENTRAL SCHOOL, 64%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 6% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 52%. CENTRAL SCHOOL has a diversity index of 54%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At CENTRAL SCHOOL, 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County is 21 points.
allk12 grades CENTRAL SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
CENTRAL SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.5%, compared with a predicted 68.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
Federal survey data for Westchester County show that median household income is about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. CENTRAL SCHOOL is among the 255 public schools in Westchester County.
The nearest other public school, HOMMOCKS SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 75.0%; CENTRAL SCHOOL's is 74.5%, ranking 6th of 8.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
CENTRAL SCHOOL had 494 students in 2020-21 and 520 in 2024-25, a 5% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.0:1 to 11.7:1 over the same years.
The CENTRAL SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAMARONECK HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,764 students
- HOMMOCKS SCHOOLMiddle · 1,284 students
- MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 689 students
- CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 652 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 611 students
Other schools in LARCHMONT
- HOMMOCKS SCHOOLMiddle · 1,284 students
- MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 689 students
- CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 652 students
Other Central schools
16 other US public schools in 12 states are named Central. CENTRAL SCHOOL is the 6th largest of the 17.
- CENTRAL SCHOOLMILTON, FL · 732 students
- Central SchoolHuntsville, AL · 610 students
- Central SchoolPLEASANT GROVE, UT · 596 students
- Central SchoolLemont, IL · 591 students
- Central SchoolGlencoe, IL · 561 students
Nearby schools
- HOMMOCKS SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,284
- MAMARONECK HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,764
- CHATSWORTH AVENUE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 652
- MURRAY AVENUE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 689
- HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL1.4 mi · 435
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About CENTRAL SCHOOLHow many students attend CENTRAL SCHOOL?
CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 520 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
CENTRAL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 11.7:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at CENTRAL SCHOOL?
At CENTRAL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 64% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MAMARONECK UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.