NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment elementary school in MOUNT VERNON, New York, NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL teaches 355 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT.

MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 6,654 students; NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 43% Hispanic, 6% White. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 14% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding 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%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is INTELLECTUS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

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