JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL

JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL is an one-room-style elementary campus in TARRYTOWN, New York, run under UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS. The school enrolls 166 students in grades K through 2. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL sits 63% below that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS (2,636 students total), JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 36% White, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Westchester County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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 JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL is one.

SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 21%: 211 students in 2018 compared to 166 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

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