1
Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GRIMES SCHOOL this year?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
330
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362010001845
GRIMES SCHOOL
58 S 10TH AVE, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550 · (914) 665-5020 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL330 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
237 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 32 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 26 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
40.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
34.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 GRIMES SCHOOL
GRIMES SCHOOL's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRIMES SCHOOL this school | 330 | 71.8% | 34.4% |
| SCHOOL 53 MONTESSORI ACADEMY ROCHESTER | 306 | 72.9% | 22.9% |
| EDWARD WILLIAMS SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 398 | 67.8% | 25.1% |
| PS 178 DR SELMAN WAKSMAN BRONX | 334 | 75.7% | 46.3% |
| ICAHN CHARTER SCHOOL 4 BRONX | 357 | 74.5% | 96.6% |
| PS 195 WILLIAM HABERLE ROSEDALE | 321 | 74.5% | 39.6% |
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 GRIMES SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #1,864 of 2,335 | #107 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #2,021 of 2,342 ▼ 89 | #115 of 127 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,799 of 2,343 ▼ 71 | #103 of 127 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 330 | #1,807 of 2,585 | #114 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #225 of 2,338 | #9 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #1,380 of 2,388 | #95 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #950 of 2,534 | #16 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #868 of 1,757 | #32 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
330
-117 (-26%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 669
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 330 | 35.7 | 9.3:1 | 72% (237) |
| 2023-24 | 348 | 35.1 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 35.5 | 11.6:1 | 78% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 447 | 37 | 12.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 387 | 31 | 12.5:1 | 85% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 403 | 29 | 13.9:1 | 77% (312) |
| 2010-11 | 504 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 70% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 671 | 48 | 14.0:1 | 70% (472) |
| 1990-91 | 669 | 52 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GRIMES SCHOOL.
About GRIMES SCHOOL
GRIMES SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in MOUNT VERNON, New York. It educates 330 students in kindergarten through 8. The school's enrollment is 26% smaller than the 443 average for elementary schools in New York.
The district, MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 16 schools serving 6,654 students.
Black students account for 68% of enrollment at GRIMES SCHOOL. Other students are 28% Hispanic and 2% Asian. That is higher than the 14% Black share among all Westchester County residents. GRIMES SCHOOL has a diversity index of 46%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.3 students per teacher. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 72% of students. Across public schools in Westchester County, the average is 38%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, GRIMES SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 48.6% for GRIMES SCHOOL. The school posts 34.4%, 14.2 points below the prediction.
Within Westchester County, median household income is about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Federal data list 255 public schools in Westchester County, with a combined enrollment of about 140,968.
DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. GRIMES SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 34.4% average proficiency ranks 8th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
GRIMES SCHOOL had 447 students in 2020-21 and 330 in 2024-25, a 26% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.1:1 in 2020-21 to 9.3:1 in 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,062 students
- MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMYHigh · 747 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTSHigh · 427 students
- PENNINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- GRAHAM SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Other schools in MOUNT VERNON
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,062 students
- MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMYHigh · 747 students
- LINCOLN SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTSHigh · 427 students
- PENNINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 409 students
- GRAHAM SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Nearby schools
- DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS0.3 mi · 427
- AMANI PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 314
- HAMILTON SCHOOL0.4 mi · 320
- INTELLECTUS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 97
- NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 355
- BRONX CHARTER SCHOOL FOR EXCELLENCE 40.7 mi · 452
Frequently asked questions
About GRIMES SCHOOLHow many students attend GRIMES SCHOOL?
GRIMES SCHOOL enrolls approximately 330 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does GRIMES SCHOOL serve?
GRIMES SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GRIMES SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GRIMES SCHOOL is approximately 9.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
How diverse is GRIMES SCHOOL?
GRIMES SCHOOL reports a student body of 1% White, 28% Hispanic, 68% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees GRIMES SCHOOL?
GRIMES SCHOOL is overseen by MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.