Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362010001835
HAMILTON SCHOOL
20 OAK ST, MOUNT VERNON, NY 10550 · (914) 665-5050 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.5:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
235 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 21 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 9% |
| Ungraded | 1 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (21) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (29).
Student demographics
55%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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
46.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 47.0% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 HAMILTON SCHOOL
HAMILTON SCHOOL's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMILTON SCHOOL this school | 320 | 73.4% | 40.9% |
| TEACHERS COLLEGE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 295 | 75.3% | 56.9% |
| PS 46 EDWARD C BLUM BROOKLYN | 283 | 79.9% | 23.2% |
| MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY MOUNT VERNON | 382 | 65.7% | 38.7% |
| PENINSULA PREPARATORY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL FAR ROCKAWAY | 313 | 74.4% | 85.3% |
| NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL MOUNT VERNON | 355 | 66.2% | 44.1% |
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 HAMILTON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,574 of 2,335 | #90 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,615 of 2,342 ▼ 185 | #101 of 127 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,893 of 2,343 ▼ 540 | #111 of 127 ▼ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #1,868 of 2,585 | #118 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #285 of 2,338 | #14 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,027 of 2,388 | #66 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #925 of 2,534 | #15 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.3% | #506 of 1,757 | #14 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
320
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 418
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 320 | 33.8 | 9.5:1 | 73% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 313 | 37.3 | 8.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 354 | 35.1 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 34 | 10.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 94% (393) |
| 2015-16 | 475 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 85% (406) |
| 2010-11 | 350 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 74% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 538 | 32 | 16.8:1 | 60% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 418 | 27 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HAMILTON SCHOOL.
About HAMILTON SCHOOL
HAMILTON SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in MOUNT VERNON, New York, (ZIP code 10550). Grades offered run from kindergarten through 8, with 320 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students.
MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which runs HAMILTON SCHOOL, has 16 schools and 6,654 students.
At HAMILTON SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 52% of the student body. After that, the student body is 43% Black and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Westchester County is about 27% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 55%, meaning two students picked at random have a 55% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 33.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.5:1. That is lower than the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 73%. That is 35 points above the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, HAMILTON 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.
Test results at HAMILTON SCHOOL are 7.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (40.9% actual, 48.0% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Westchester County show that the median household income is $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. There are 255 public schools in Westchester County, enrolling about 140,968 students in all.
The nearest other public school, ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL, is about 0.4 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. By average proficiency, HAMILTON SCHOOL is 7th among 9 schools close by.
HAMILTON SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
2024-25 enrollment was 320, a 6% decrease from 340 in 2020-21.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
Other Hamilton schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hamilton. HAMILTON SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 5.
- Hamilton SchoolMemphis, TN · 677 students
- Hamilton SchoolHAMILTON, MS · 557 students
- HamiltonAnza, CA · 450 students
- Hamilton SchoolNorth Kingstown, RI · 447 students
Nearby schools
- ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL0.4 mi · 500
- GRIMES SCHOOL0.4 mi · 330
- INTELLECTUS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 97
- NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL0.5 mi · 355
- DENZEL WASHINGTON SCHOOL-ARTS0.5 mi · 427
- MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.5 mi · 382
Frequently asked questions
About HAMILTON SCHOOLHow many students attend HAMILTON SCHOOL?
HAMILTON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 320 students in grades KG-08.
Is HAMILTON SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HAMILTON SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many teachers does HAMILTON SCHOOL have?
HAMILTON SCHOOL employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAMILTON SCHOOL?
At HAMILTON SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 1% White, 52% Hispanic, 43% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is HAMILTON SCHOOL public or private?
HAMILTON SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.