KING STREET SCHOOL

Located at 697 KING ST, in PORT CHESTER, New York, KING STREET SCHOOL is a tight-knit elementary school that caters to 374 students (grades K through 5), run under PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Within PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 4,392 students, KING STREET SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KING STREET SCHOOL records that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 21% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, KING STREET SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 49% of students at KING STREET SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, KING STREET SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 39.0%, a residual of -18.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household income runs about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. KING STREET SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

PARK AVENUE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KING STREET SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 48.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 3%: 387 students in 2018 compared to 374 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 34% to 21% over that span.

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