DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS

DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS is a tight-knit high school in MOUNT VERNON, New York, overseen by MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school educates 427 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 16 schools and 6,654 students, DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS lists that the largest single group is Black, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 22% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.2%; this one delivers 43.3%.

Across the wider county, Westchester County reports that 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), DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS is one campus in the mix.

AMANI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS's enrollment has ticked down 43% since 2018, when it stood at 749 (now 427). Over the same period, the Black share ticked up from 70% to 75%.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.