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Enrollment
3,047
High
DISTRICT 984 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362049001900
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL
265 CLOVE RD, NEW ROCHELLE, NY 10801 · (914) 576-4502 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,047 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
217 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
1,791 students
DISTRICT 57% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 876 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 756 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 671 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 697 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 47 | 2% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
Based on grade levels within NEW ROCHELLE CITY 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 3,047 | 58.8% | 56.0% |
| NORTH ROCKLAND HIGH SCHOOL THIELLS | 2,798 | 55.5% | 67.3% |
| WILLIAM FLOYD HIGH SCHOOL MASTIC BEACH | 3,107 | 50.9% | 41.7% |
| NEWBURGH FREE ACADEMY NEWBURGH | 3,550 | 49.7% | 45.0% |
| FREEPORT HIGH SCHOOL FREEPORT | 2,244 | 64.3% | 52.8% |
| WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 2,239 | 49.8% | 62.2% |
Matched among New York high 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 NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #620 of 1,135 | #34 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #703 of 1,109 ▼ 166 | #38 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #427 of 1,135 ▲ 107 | #32 of 48 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,047 | #16 of 1,216 | #1 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #937 of 1,058 | #40 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #231 of 1,070 | #8 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.8% | #606 of 1,167 | #13 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.6% | #357 of 743 | #11 of 29 |
Ranked against other public high 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
3,047
-273 (-8%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 2,164
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 3,047 | 216.9 | 14.1:1 | 59% (1,791) |
| 2023-24 | 3,051 | 216.3 | 14.1:1 | 58% (1,780) |
| 2022-23 | 3,076 | 213.9 | 14.4:1 | 57% (1,760) |
| 2020-21 | 3,320 | 199 | 16.7:1 | 56% (1,844) |
| 2017-18 | 3,485 | 179.7 | 19.4:1 | 51% (1,763) |
| 2015-16 | 3,362 | 168 | 20.0:1 | 53% (1,780) |
| 2010-11 | 3,413 | 184 | 18.6:1 | 49% (1,664) |
| 2000-01 | 2,946 | 176 | 16.7:1 | 41% (1,213) |
| 1990-91 | 2,164 | 154 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL.
About NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL, located in NEW ROCHELLE, New York, is a large high school. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 3,047 students. That is 356% above the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 10 schools and 9,837 students, including NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL.
More than half of enrollment at NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic: 55%. The remaining shares are 21% Black, 19% White, and 4% Asian. Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL has 216.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 14.1:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 59% at NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL. On average, public schools in Westchester County report 38%.
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 43% of New York public high schools.
The model predicts 53.4% for a school in New York with NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL posts 56.0%.
Westchester County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Westchester County's 255 public schools enroll about 140,968 students and include NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL.
DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 8.
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 3,320 to 3,047, an 8% decline. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.1:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
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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 NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
- ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,012 students
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 728 students
- GEORGE M DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
Other schools in NEW ROCHELLE
- ISAAC E YOUNG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,122 students
- WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,019 students
- ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,012 students
- TRINITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 838 students
- COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 728 students
- GEORGE M DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
Nearby schools
- DANIEL WEBSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 496
- MOUNT VERNON HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,062
- HUTCHINSON SCHOOL1.1 mi · 366
- HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL1.2 mi · 435
- TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 278
- TUCKAHOE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL?
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 3,047 students in grades 09-12.
Is NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL have?
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL employs 217 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 55% Hispanic, 21% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL in?
NEW ROCHELLE HIGH SCHOOL is part of NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.