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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363126004755
CHURCH STREET SCHOOL
295 CHURCH ST, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10603 · (914) 422-2400 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
254 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (101) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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 WHITE PLAINS CITY 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
50.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +13.0pp since 2023
Math
57.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 46.0% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 CHURCH STREET SCHOOL
CHURCH STREET SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHURCH STREET SCHOOL this school | 597 | 42.5% | 47.1% |
| GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 612 | 41.5% | 34.4% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 602 | 46.7% | 39.3% |
| POST ROAD SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 605 | 44.0% | 48.5% |
| PARK SCHOOL OSSINING | 572 | 40.0% | N/A |
| BROOKSIDE SCHOOL OSSINING | 672 | 44.3% | N/A |
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 CHURCH STREET SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #1,287 of 2,335 | #76 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,208 of 2,342 ▲ 254 | #79 of 127 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,355 of 2,343 ▲ 108 | #83 of 127 ▲ 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #479 of 2,585 | #24 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #796 of 2,338 | #44 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,023 of 2,388 | #63 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #1,621 of 2,534 | #64 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.8% | #1,169 of 1,757 | #47 of 100 |
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
597
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
+283% since 1990-91, when it was 156
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 597 | 54.7 | 10.9:1 | 43% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 595 | 53.3 | 11.2:1 | 54% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 581 | 54.8 | 10.6:1 | 54% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 621 | 48 | 12.9:1 | 50% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 53% (349) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 47 | 14.2:1 | 45% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 715 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 49% (347) |
| 2000-01 | 638 | 46 | 13.9:1 | 43% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 156 | 9 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHURCH STREET SCHOOL.
About CHURCH STREET SCHOOL
Located in WHITE PLAINS, New York, CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 597 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 35% higher.
WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT includes 7 schools. Together they enroll 6,782 students.
Roughly 65% of students at CHURCH STREET SCHOOL are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% White, 11% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 27%. CHURCH STREET SCHOOL's diversity index is 55%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 54.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at CHURCH STREET SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.9:1. That is 1.9 students per teacher below the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 43%.
The allk12 Grade for CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is 59.4%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Westchester County, the median household income is $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. There are 255 public schools in Westchester County, enrolling about 140,968 students in all.
The next-closest public school is GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of CHURCH STREET SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
The federal government classifies CHURCH STREET SCHOOL's location as City: Small.
Enrollment is down 4% from 2020-21, when CHURCH STREET SCHOOL had 621 students, to 2024-25, when it had 597. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.9:1 to 10.9:1 over the same years.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at CHURCH STREET SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,537 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Other schools in WHITE PLAINS
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,537 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Other Church Street schools
One other US public school is named Church Street. CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Church Street SchoolHamden, CT · 334 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL0.6 mi · 602
- RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 404
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL1.1 mi · 245
- REACH ACADEMY (THE)1.2 mi · 36
- SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL1.3 mi · 331
- VIRGINIA ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 328
Frequently asked questions
About CHURCH STREET SCHOOLHow large is CHURCH STREET SCHOOL?
CHURCH STREET SCHOOL enrolls approximately 597 students in grades KG-05.
Is CHURCH STREET SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at CHURCH STREET SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at CHURCH STREET SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CHURCH STREET SCHOOL?
At CHURCH STREET SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 65% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is CHURCH STREET SCHOOL public or private?
CHURCH STREET SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.