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Enrollment
415
Elementary
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360699000487
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL
650 KING ST, CHAPPAQUA, NY 10514 · (914) 238-7204 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL415 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
12.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
23 students
DISTRICT 5% · 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 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 24% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 27% smaller than its 4th grade class (83).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.0pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 83.0% |
% 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
83.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL's state test result (83.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL this school | 415 | 5.5% | 83.6% |
| WESTORCHARD SCHOOL CHAPPAQUA | 441 | 2.9% | 88.8% |
| ROARING BROOK SCHOOL CHAPPAQUA | 444 | 3.8% | 84.8% |
| PS 234 INDEPENDENCE SCHOOL NEW YORK | 460 | 5.4% | 83.8% |
| OSBORN SCHOOL RYE | 469 | 2.6% | 86.0% |
| CHATTERTON SCHOOL MERRICK | 451 | 8.4% | 78.2% |
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 DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.6% | #122 of 2,335 | #16 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #250 of 2,342 ▼ 21 | #31 of 127 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #124 of 2,343 ▼ 16 | #19 of 127 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 415 | #1,278 of 2,585 | #84 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #1,457 of 2,338 | #81 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #1,367 of 2,388 | #94 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.5% | #2,482 of 2,534 | #119 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.1% | #1,406 of 1,757 | #68 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
415
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 415 | 33.2 | 12.5:1 | 6% (23) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 34 | 12.4:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 32.6 | 13.4:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 7% (29) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 4% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 500 | 39 | 12.8:1 | 3% (14) |
| 2000-01 | 726 | 45 | 16.1:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 37 | 14.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL.
About DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in CHAPPAQUA, New York. In all, 415 students attend the school in pre-K through 4.
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL is a school in CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The district has 6 schools and 3,509 students.
The share of White students at DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL is 71%, a majority. It is also 12% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Westchester County is roughly 52% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 47%.
The school had 33.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 12.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is similar, at 12.8:1. The school reported 6% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County, the school's rate is lower.
Among New York public elementary schools, DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL outscored 90%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 83.6% actual against 73.0% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Westchester County has 255 public schools with about 140,968 students, including DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL.
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL's nearest public school is ROBERT E BELL SCHOOL (about 0.7 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 430 students in 2020-21, enrollment decreased to 415 by 2024-25.
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,122 students
- ROBERT E BELL SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- SEVEN BRIDGES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 500 students
- ROARING BROOK SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- WESTORCHARD SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Other schools in CHAPPAQUA
- HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,122 students
- ROBERT E BELL SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- SEVEN BRIDGES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 500 students
- ROARING BROOK SCHOOLElementary · 444 students
- WESTORCHARD SCHOOLElementary · 441 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERT E BELL SCHOOL0.7 mi · 587
- HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,122
- BEDFORD ROAD SCHOOL1.8 mi · 549
- PLEASANTVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 495
- EDENWALD SCHOOL2.1 mi · 86
- MOUNT PLEASANT-COTTAGE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 122
Frequently asked questions
About DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL?
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 415 students in grades PK-04.
Is DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL have?
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL?
At DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 71% White, 9% Hispanic, 0% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL public or private?
DOUGLAS G GRAFFLIN SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.