HUTCHINSON SCHOOL

HUTCHINSON SCHOOL operates as a close-knit elementary campus in PELHAM, New York, operated by PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 366 students spanning grades K through 5.

PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 2,828 students. HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HUTCHINSON SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 28% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 6% Black.

Looking at school resources, HUTCHINSON SCHOOL records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HUTCHINSON SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.5%, the actual is 69.7%, a residual of +3.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Westchester County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which HUTCHINSON SCHOOL is one.

DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HUTCHINSON SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HUTCHINSON SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. HUTCHINSON SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 371 (now 366). Black enrollment moved from 14% to 6% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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