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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 319 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361995001824
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
47 W HYATT AVE, MOUNT KISCO, NY 10549 · (914) 666-2677 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
284 students
DISTRICT 28% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
36.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 43.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 503 | 56.5% | 35.5% |
| PARK AVENUE SCHOOL PORT CHESTER | 432 | 60.2% | 42.4% |
| HILLCREST SCHOOL PEEKSKILL | 520 | 54.8% | 32.8% |
| ROANOKE AVENUE SCHOOL RIVERHEAD | 395 | 51.9% | 23.3% |
| WOODSIDE SCHOOL PEEKSKILL | 511 | 49.1% | N/A |
| OAKSIDE SCHOOL PEEKSKILL | 554 | 52.9% | 37.3% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,815 of 2,335 | #103 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,497 of 2,342 ▲ 73 | #92 of 127 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,961 of 2,343 ▲ 149 | #114 of 127 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #808 of 2,585 | #56 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,552 of 2,338 | #90 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #1,644 of 2,388 | #120 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #1,227 of 2,534 | #40 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #1,266 of 1,757 | #57 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
503
+26 (+5%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 402
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 503 | 39.3 | 12.8:1 | 56% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 39.4 | 12.5:1 | 60% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 37.7 | 13.8:1 | 67% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 477 | 42 | 11.4:1 | 70% (333) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 49 | 11.2:1 | 61% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 657 | 55 | 11.9:1 | 57% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 58 | 10.2:1 | 36% (211) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 41 | 12.4:1 | 25% (128) |
| 1990-91 | 402 | 34 | 11.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in MOUNT KISCO, New York. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 503 students.
BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 7 schools and 3,519 students, and MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 76% Hispanic by enrollment. The remaining students are 18% White, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among people living in Westchester County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 39%, against a US figure of 70%.
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates with 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. About 56% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The average for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
allk12 grades MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.2%. MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 35.5%.
In Westchester County (population about 999,677), the median household income is $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at a distance of about 1.8 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9th among 9 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 26 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 11.4 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 767 students
- BEDFORD VILLAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
- BEDFORD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 309 students
- WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 250 students
- POUND RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 202 students
Nearby schools
- WEST PATENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 250
- SEVEN BRIDGES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 500
- HORACE GREELEY HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,122
- FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,155
- FOX LANE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 767
- ROARING BROOK SCHOOL3.0 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 12.8:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 18% White, 76% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MOUNT KISCO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by BEDFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.