COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a moderately sized primary school in THORNWOOD, New York, operated by MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 481 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

Across the 4 schools in MOUNT PLEASANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,941 students total), COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.1%, the actual is 70.7%, a residual of -0.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Westchester County shows median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. 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 WESTLAKE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 70.2%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 436 (now 481). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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