HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL

Set in CHAPPAQUA, New York, HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is a heavily attended senior high, one of the schools within CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 1,122 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 68% above the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 6 schools in CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,509 students total), HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school shows 17% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL has 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 7% of students at HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.4%, the actual is 70.5%, a residual of -1.9 points.

In the broader community, census data for Westchester County shows the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is ROARING BROOK SCHOOL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 14%, going from 1,301 students in 2018 to 1,122 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.