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Enrollment
459
High
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOBBS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360912000702
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL
505 BROADWAY, DOBBS FERRY, NY 10522 · (914) 693-7645 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New York public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
100 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 110 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 114 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 125 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DOBBS FERRY 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
94.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
89.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 89 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 89.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 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 DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (92.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 459 | 21.8% | 92.2% |
| RYE NECK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 469 | 21.5% | 74.8% |
| NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL NORTH SALEM | 492 | 22.8% | 71.7% |
| CARLE PLACE MIDDLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CARLE PLACE | 617 | 24.3% | 80.2% |
| CROTON-HARMON HIGH SCHOOL CROTON ON HUDSON | 507 | 15.0% | 73.0% |
| PLEASANTVILLE HIGH SCHOOL PLEASANTVILLE | 559 | 19.7% | 92.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.2% | #40 of 1,135 | #9 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #51 of 1,109 ▲ 57 | #11 of 48 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 94.0% | #95 of 1,135 ▼ 53 | #15 of 48 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #605 of 1,216 | #44 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #275 of 1,058 | #10 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #340 of 1,070 | #16 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.8% | #1,079 of 1,167 | #30 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #333 of 339 | #17 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
459
+24 (+6%) vs 2020
+112% since 1990-91, when it was 217
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 459 | 46.7 | 9.8:1 | 22% (100) |
| 2023-24 | 438 | 46.8 | 9.3:1 | 19% (85) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 48.2 | 9.4:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 435 | 42 | 10.4:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2017-18 | 457 | 36 | 12.7:1 | 17% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 449 | 36 | 12.5:1 | 8% (34) |
| 2000-01 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 4% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 217 | 14 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL.
About DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL is one of the public schools in DOBBS FERRY, New York. It is a small high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 459 students. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 31% lower.
District-wide, DOBBS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 1,481 students.
More than half of enrollment at DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL is White: 62%. The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 2% Black. Westchester County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 56%.
The school had 46.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 9.8:1. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is 1.2 students per teacher. The school reported 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The average for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
Among New York public high schools, DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL is in the top 10% of New York schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 67.0%. The school's actual rate is 92.2%, 25.2 points higher.
Westchester County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Westchester County's 255 public schools enroll about 140,968 students and include DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL.
DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 5 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 24 students from 2020-21 to 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 DOBBS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SPRINGHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 677 students
- DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 345 students
Other schools in DOBBS FERRY
- SPRINGHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 677 students
- DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 345 students
- CLARK ACADEMYHigh · 121 students
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 50 students
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCombined · 17 students
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 14 students
Nearby schools
- DOBBS FERRY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 345
- SPRINGHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 677
- CLARK ACADEMY0.9 mi · 121
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 14
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 50
- GREENBURGH ELEVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 17
Frequently asked questions
About DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 459 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL?
At DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 62% White, 22% Hispanic, 2% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DOBBS FERRY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DOBBS FERRY UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.