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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362118002992
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
173 JUNE RD, NORTH SALEM, NY 10560 · (914) 669-5317 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New York public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
67 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Students here typically continue to
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL→NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL
Based on grade levels within NORTH SALEM CENTRAL 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
72.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
71.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
63.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (63.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 445 | 15.1% | 63.3% |
| NORWOOD AVENUE SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 416 | 13.9% | 39.3% |
| RJ O INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 439 | 17.1% | 60.7% |
| BABYLON MEMORIAL GRADE SCHOOL BABYLON | 490 | 13.9% | 61.5% |
| PARKVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 425 | 11.3% | 70.0% |
| LINDELL BOULEVARD SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 462 | 17.1% | 61.1% |
Matched among New York elementary 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 PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.3% | #629 of 2,335 | #52 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #680 of 2,342 ▲ 218 | #56 of 127 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #468 of 2,343 ▲ 27 | #53 of 127 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #1,102 of 2,585 | #75 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #172 of 2,338 | #5 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.9% | #1,606 of 2,388 | #115 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.1% | #2,343 of 2,534 | #96 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.6% | #276 of 606 | #12 of 34 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
445
+23 (+5%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 445 | 49.6 | 9.0:1 | 15% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 49.4 | 9.1:1 | 14% (63) |
| 2022-23 | 438 | 46.9 | 9.3:1 | 16% (72) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 48 | 8.8:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 40 | 10.2:1 | 15% (59) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 46 | 9.7:1 | 9% (42) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 51 | 11.3:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 691 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 2% (16) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 34 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In NORTH SALEM, New York, part of Westchester County, PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 445 students.
A total of 2 schools make up NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 937 students enrolled.
White students account for 76% of enrollment at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other groups make up 16% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. Westchester County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Teachers at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 49.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.0:1. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 67 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 15%. The average for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
allk12 grades PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.3% is 6.1 points below the 69.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
According to the American Community Survey, in Westchester County, median household income is about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County, which together enroll about 140,968 students.
The closest public school to PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are 7 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 63.3% is below the 80.0% average for nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Rural: Fringe.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 445 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 422.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 492 students
Other schools in NORTH SALEM
- NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 492 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH SALEM MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 492
- Scotts Ridge Middle School3.2 mi · 548
- Ridgefield High School3.4 mi · 1,411
- Ridgebury Elementary School4.0 mi · 322
- Barlow Mountain Elementary School4.3 mi · 377
- Scotland Elementary School4.4 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 445 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 9.0:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 76% White, 16% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
PEQUENAKONCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of NORTH SALEM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.