COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a big primary school in NEW ROCHELLE, New York, one of the schools within NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 728 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 64% larger than typical.

NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 9,837 students. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 10% Black, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.4%.

In the surrounding 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%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 71.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 802 (now 728). Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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