GRAHAM SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary campus in MOUNT VERNON, New York, GRAHAM SCHOOL teaches 406 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 6,654 students. GRAHAM SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GRAHAM SCHOOL records that Black students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 5% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GRAHAM SCHOOL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRAHAM SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.6%; this one delivers 34.8%.

Around the school, census data for Westchester County shows median household income runs about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), GRAHAM SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAHAM SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRAHAM SCHOOL has contracted 16%, going from 482 students in 2018 to 406 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 80% to 67%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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