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If you had an hour of school board time for PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
1,178
High
DISTRICT 635 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362265003181
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL
1072 ELM ST, PEEKSKILL, NY 10566 · (914) 737-0201 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,178 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
582 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 289 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 295 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 271 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 307 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 1% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PEEKSKILL 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
44.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
Where PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #956 of 1,135 | #45 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,013 of 1,109 | #48 of 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,029 of 1,135 | #48 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,178 | #180 of 1,216 | #7 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #832 of 1,058 | #35 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.5% | #700 of 1,070 | #43 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.8% | #126 of 339 | #2 of 18 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,178
+124 (+12%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 16.6:1
% White
5%
was 10%
% Hispanic
77%
was 62%
% Black
14%
was 25%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,178 | 90.7 | 13.0:1 | 49% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 1,115 | 94.1 | 11.9:1 | 40% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 1,017 | 91.5 | 11.1:1 | 60% (613) |
| 2017-18 | 1,054 | 63.5 | 16.6:1 | 78% (824) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL.
About PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school for students in PEEKSKILL, New York. Its enrollment is 1,178 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3,809 students spread across 6 schools.
More than half of the students at PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL are Hispanic (77%). Beyond that, enrollment is 14% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. In Westchester County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL scores 38%.
Classroom staffing at PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL totals 90.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Federal data show 49% of students (582) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Westchester County, the average is 38%.
On BeatsExpectations, PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL is 17.5 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In Westchester County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL, Westchester County has 255 public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, PEEKSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL. PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 1,054 (2017-18) to 1,178 (2024-25). By 2024-25, 77% of students were Hispanic, compared with 62% in 2017-18. Students per teacher dropped from 16.6 in 2017-18 to 13.0 in 2024-25.
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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 PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PEEKSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 860 students
- OAKSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 554 students
- HILLCREST SCHOOLElementary · 520 students
- WOODSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- URIAH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 186 students
Other schools in PEEKSKILL
- PEEKSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 860 students
- OAKSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 554 students
- HILLCREST SCHOOLElementary · 520 students
- WOODSIDE SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- URIAH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 186 students
Nearby schools
- PEEKSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 860
- OAKSIDE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 554
- HILLCREST SCHOOL0.7 mi · 520
- WOODSIDE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 511
- URIAH HILL SCHOOL0.9 mi · 186
- BUCHANAN-VERPLANCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL?
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,178 students in grades 09-12.
Is PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL have?
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL employs 91 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 5% White, 77% Hispanic, 14% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL in?
PEEKSKILL HIGH SCHOOL is part of PEEKSKILL CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.