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EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized 9-12 campuss in SCARSDALE, New York, operated by EDGEMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 915 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 668.
EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by EDGEMONT UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that hosts 1,833 students overall.
Looking at the student body, EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 38% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 1% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Westchester County's rate of about 38%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 74.8%; this one delivers 86.8%.
In the area at large, 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 the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
SEELY PLACE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 70.8%.
EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. EDGEMONT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 4% since 2018, when it stood at 949 (now 915). The White share of enrollment contracted from 54% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.
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