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Enrollment
732
Elementary
DISTRICT 659 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362202003120
CLAREMONT SCHOOL
2 CLAREMONT RD, OSSINING, NY 10562 · (914) 762-5830 · Westchester County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL732 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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
14.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
332 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 4 | 1% |
| Grade 3 | 354 | 48% |
| Grade 4 | 364 | 50% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 1% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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 OSSINING 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
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
50.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +5.0pp since 2023
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
41.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.9pp
below demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 CLAREMONT SCHOOL
CLAREMONT SCHOOL's state test result (41.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAREMONT SCHOOL this school | 732 | 45.4% | 41.4% |
| BROOKSIDE SCHOOL OSSINING | 672 | 44.3% | N/A |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 602 | 46.7% | 39.3% |
| POST ROAD SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 605 | 44.0% | 48.5% |
| STONY POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY POINT | 666 | 49.1% | 45.0% |
| THIELLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THIELLS | 706 | 52.0% | 40.5% |
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 CLAREMONT SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,548 of 2,335 | #89 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,457 of 2,342 ▲ 40 | #90 of 127 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,857 of 2,343 ▼ 169 | #107 of 127 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 732 | #230 of 2,585 | #6 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,957 of 2,338 | #107 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.7% | #1,299 of 2,388 | #86 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.4% | #1,540 of 2,534 | #57 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.1% | #1,712 of 1,757 | #97 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
732
+30 (+4%) vs 2020
+81% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 732 | 50.4 | 14.5:1 | 45% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 748 | 54.1 | 13.8:1 | 57% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 57.7 | 11.8:1 | 54% (368) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 56 | 12.5:1 | 58% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 740 | 52 | 14.2:1 | 63% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 759 | 45 | 16.9:1 | 45% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 42% (282) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 43 | 15.5:1 | 34% (224) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 41 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLAREMONT SCHOOL.
About CLAREMONT SCHOOL
OSSINING, New York, is home to CLAREMONT SCHOOL, a large elementary school. The school runs grades 2 through 4 and enrolls 732 students. That compares with an average of about 443 students for elementary schools in New York.
OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs CLAREMONT SCHOOL, has 6 schools and 4,959 students.
Hispanic students are 69% of those enrolled at CLAREMONT SCHOOL. The next largest groups are 19% White, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. In Westchester County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 49, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 14.5:1 is based on 50.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has more students per teacher. In all, 45% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
CLAREMONT SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 25% of New York public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, CLAREMONT SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 41.4% actual against 58.3% predicted.
American Community Survey estimates for Westchester County show that the median household earns about $118,976 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Westchester County, 255 public schools serve about 140,968 students.
ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest public school to CLAREMONT SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. CLAREMONT SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. CLAREMONT SCHOOL comes in 6th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put CLAREMONT SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 732, up from 702 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 14.5 in 2024-25.
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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 OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OSSINING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,577 students
- ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,032 students
- BROOKSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 672 students
- PARK SCHOOLElementary · 572 students
- ROOSEVELT SCHOOLMiddle · 374 students
Other schools in OSSINING
- OSSINING HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,577 students
- ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,032 students
- BROOKSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 672 students
- PARK SCHOOLElementary · 572 students
- ROOSEVELT SCHOOLMiddle · 374 students
Other Claremont schools
One other US public school is named Claremont. CLAREMONT SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Claremont SchoolBaltimore, MD · 46 students
Nearby schools
- ANNE M DORNER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,032
- ROOSEVELT SCHOOL0.8 mi · 374
- OSSINING HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,577
- PARK SCHOOL1.2 mi · 572
- BROOKSIDE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 672
- PIERRE VAN CORTLANDT SCHOOL2.6 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About CLAREMONT SCHOOLHow large is CLAREMONT SCHOOL?
CLAREMONT SCHOOL enrolls approximately 732 students in grades 02-04.
What grades does CLAREMONT SCHOOL serve?
CLAREMONT SCHOOL serves grades 02-04.
How many teachers does CLAREMONT SCHOOL have?
CLAREMONT SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
How diverse is CLAREMONT SCHOOL?
CLAREMONT SCHOOL reports a student body of 19% White, 69% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees CLAREMONT SCHOOL?
CLAREMONT SCHOOL is overseen by OSSINING UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.