MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in MOUNT KISCO, New York, MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-tier primary school, overseen by BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 503 students across grades pre-K through 5.

BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,519 students; MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 76% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.2%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -18.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Westchester County put 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. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 79.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 8%: 548 students in 2018 compared to 503 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 65% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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