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IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 94 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 91 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL
Located at 40 N BROADWAY, in IRVINGTON, New York, IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is a small secondary school that caters to 547 students (grades 9 through 12), part of IRVINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IRVINGTON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,709 students; IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 12% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL records 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 70.2%; this one delivers 92.8%, a residual of +22.6 points.
Across the wider county, Westchester County reports that median household earnings sit near $118,976, 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 IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: IRVINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 82.3%.
IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. IRVINGTON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 547).
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