PENNINGTON SCHOOL

PENNINGTON SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in MOUNT VERNON, New York, overseen by MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 409 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8.

Within MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 16 schools and 6,654 students, PENNINGTON SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PENNINGTON SCHOOL reports that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 14%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PENNINGTON SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at PENNINGTON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PENNINGTON SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.8%, the actual is 49.3%, a residual of -9.5 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Westchester County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), PENNINGTON SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

TRAPHAGEN SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PENNINGTON SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PENNINGTON SCHOOL has rose 12%, going from 366 students in 2018 to 409 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 23% to 29% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.