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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 665 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362049001893
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
275 WASHINGTON AVE, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 · (914) 576-4401 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.3:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
628 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 143 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 53.0% |
% 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 728 | 86.3% | 44.4% |
| AMBER CHARTER SCHOOL KINGSBRIDGE BRONX | 720 | 84.0% | 50.0% |
| SUMMIT PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 659 | 82.9% | 12.3% |
| TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 804 | 87.1% | 37.5% |
| OAK PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BAY SHORE | 678 | 88.8% | 25.7% |
| PS 195 BRONX | 713 | 91.0% | 20.8% |
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 COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #1,413 of 2,335 | #79 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,295 of 2,342 ▼ 106 | #83 of 127 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,191 of 2,343 ▲ 337 | #76 of 127 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #238 of 2,585 | #7 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #983 of 2,338 | #59 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.2% | #1,923 of 2,388 | #134 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #558 of 2,534 | #1 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #1,202 of 1,757 | #49 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
728
-21 (-3%) vs 2020
+68% since 1990-91, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 728 | 64.3 | 11.3:1 | 86% (628) |
| 2023-24 | 654 | 59.5 | 11.0:1 | 84% (547) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 56.3 | 11.9:1 | 84% (565) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 52 | 14.4:1 | 83% (625) |
| 2017-18 | 802 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 76% (607) |
| 2015-16 | 826 | 59 | 14.0:1 | 89% (732) |
| 2010-11 | 825 | 60 | 13.8:1 | 86% (713) |
| 2000-01 | 762 | 49 | 15.6:1 | 76% (576) |
| 1990-91 | 434 | 42 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school in New York, located in NEW ROCHELLE. The school reports 728 students in kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in New York is about 443 students.
NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 10 schools and 9,837 students, and COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
The large majority of students at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 84%, are Hispanic. Next come 10% Black and 4% White. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 28%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 64.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.3:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. Eligible students account for 86% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 48% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 44.4%, compared with a predicted 43.3%. 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, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 255 public schools operate in Westchester County, serving about 140,968 students.
DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.4% against a local average of 71.0%.
The NCES locale for COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 728 was 3% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 749. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (14.4:1).
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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 NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,047 students
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
- ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,012 students
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- GEORGE M DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
Other schools in NEW ROCHELLE
- NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,047 students
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
- ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,012 students
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- GEORGE M DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
Other Columbus Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 10 states are named Columbus Elementary. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 12.
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLTHORNWOOD, NY · 481 students
- Columbus Elementary SchoolCOLUMBUS, TX · 798 students
- Columbus Elementary SchoolCARTERET, NJ · 642 students
- Columbus ElementaryGlendale, CA · 488 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARYCOLUMBUS, NM · 483 students
Nearby schools
- DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 496
- COLONIAL SCHOOL0.7 mi · 296
- HUTCHINSON SCHOOL0.8 mi · 366
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 705
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 852
- SIWANOY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 728 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 64 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.