PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in PELHAM, New York, PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier middle school, one of the schools within PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. It enrolls 705 students across grades 6 through 8. That puts it 33% larger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

Within PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 2,828 students, PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, 6% Black. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. An estimated 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.6%, the actual is 82.4%, a residual of +11.8 points.

Across the wider county, 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. PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 64.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 721 students in 2018 compared to 705 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.