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CLAREMONT SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CLAREMONT SCHOOL
Located at 2 CLAREMONT RD, in OSSINING, New York, CLAREMONT SCHOOL is a roomy elementary-level community that works with 732 students (grades 2 through 4), part of OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 443.
Within OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 4,959 students, CLAREMONT SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, CLAREMONT SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school reports 19% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CLAREMONT SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 41.4%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Westchester County put median household income runs about $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 CLAREMONT SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CLAREMONT SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.2%.
CLAREMONT SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. CLAREMONT SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 740 (now 732). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 61% to 69%.
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