GRIMES SCHOOL

Set in MOUNT VERNON, New York, GRIMES SCHOOL is a close-knit primary school, operated by MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT. It hosts 330 students across grades K through 8. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

Across the 16 schools in MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT (6,654 students total), GRIMES SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GRIMES SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GRIMES SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRIMES SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Westchester County shows the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which GRIMES SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRIMES SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GRIMES SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.0%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. GRIMES SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 330). Over the same period, the Black share declined from 81% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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