Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362268003186
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL
48 5TH ST, PELHAM, NY 10803 · (914) 738-3640 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of New York public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
84 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
70.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
69.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 HUTCHINSON SCHOOL
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL's state test result (69.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HUTCHINSON SCHOOL this school | 366 | 23.0% | 69.7% |
| WEST END SCHOOL LYNBROOK | 386 | 23.1% | 75.5% |
| LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 369 | 21.4% | 70.6% |
| KENSICO SCHOOL VALHALLA | 352 | 19.3% | 57.6% |
| VIRGINIA ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 328 | 19.8% | N/A |
| LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 366 | 19.7% | 49.8% |
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 HUTCHINSON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #416 of 2,335 | #44 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #718 of 2,342 ▼ 230 | #57 of 127 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #384 of 2,343 ▲ 28 | #47 of 127 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #1,573 of 2,585 | #100 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #293 of 2,338 | #15 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.3% | #298 of 2,388 | #12 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.0% | #2,152 of 2,534 | #83 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #1,704 of 1,757 | #94 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
366
+15 (+4%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 249
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 366 | 38.6 | 9.5:1 | 23% (84) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 34.9 | 10.7:1 | 21% (80) |
| 2022-23 | 357 | 28.7 | 12.4:1 | 23% (82) |
| 2020-21 | 351 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 29% (101) |
| 2017-18 | 371 | 25 | 14.8:1 | 23% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 366 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 20% (74) |
| 2010-11 | 360 | 30 | 12.0:1 | 10% (36) |
| 2000-01 | 338 | 24 | 14.1:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 249 | 23 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HUTCHINSON SCHOOL.
About HUTCHINSON SCHOOL
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is one of the public schools in PELHAM, New York. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. It covers kindergarten through 5, with a total enrollment of 366 students.
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is part of a district of 6 schools: PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 2,828 students.
Enrollment at HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is mixed, with White students the largest group at 47%. After that, the student body is 28% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 6% Black. HUTCHINSON SCHOOL has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reports 38.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 9.5 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 23%. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County is 15 points.
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is 3.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 69.7% actual, 66.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Census Bureau estimates for Westchester County show that median household income is about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County, which together enroll about 140,968 students.
Nearby, DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away. HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts HUTCHINSON SCHOOL at 4th of 9.
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.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, HUTCHINSON SCHOOL went from 351 students to 366. The ratio was 11.7:1 in 2020-21 and 9.5:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 705 students
- PROSPECT HILL SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
- COLONIAL SCHOOLElementary · 296 students
- SIWANOY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Other schools in PELHAM
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 705 students
- PROSPECT HILL SCHOOLElementary · 334 students
- COLONIAL SCHOOLElementary · 296 students
- SIWANOY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 496
- TRAPHAGEN SCHOOL0.6 mi · 316
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,062
- MOUNT VERNON HONOR ACADEMY0.7 mi · 301
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 728
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 705
Frequently asked questions
About HUTCHINSON SCHOOLHow many students attend HUTCHINSON SCHOOL?
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does HUTCHINSON SCHOOL serve?
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at HUTCHINSON SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at HUTCHINSON SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HUTCHINSON SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HUTCHINSON SCHOOL are roughly 47% White, 28% Hispanic, 6% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is HUTCHINSON SCHOOL in?
HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is part of PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.