Enrollment
322
Elementary
STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362334003267
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL
599 BEDFORD RD, SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY 10591 · (914) 631-2440 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- ·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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
58 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 25 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 29 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 39 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 36% smaller than its 8th grade class (39).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
84.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 84.1% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 81.3% |
% 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
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 322 | 18.0% | 72.9% |
| LINK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 366 | 19.7% | 49.8% |
| LAUREL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW CITY | 369 | 21.4% | 70.6% |
| WEST NYACK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 304 | 20.7% | 58.1% |
| HELEN B DUFFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RONKONKOMA | 313 | 21.7% | 44.2% |
| STRAWTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST NYACK | 314 | 13.4% | 73.4% |
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 POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #307 of 2,335 | #36 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.1% | #238 of 2,342 ▲ 28 | #30 of 127 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #307 of 2,343 ▼ 74 | #36 of 127 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 322 | #1,859 of 2,585 | #117 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #108 of 2,338 | #3 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #140 of 2,388 | #2 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.0% | #2,278 of 2,534 | #92 of 137 |
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
322
+13 (+4%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 283
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 322 | 38 | 8.5:1 | 18% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 41 | 8.3:1 | 14% (49) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 35 | 9.1:1 | 20% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 309 | 41 | 7.5:1 | 21% (66) |
| 2017-18 | 322 | 33.5 | 9.6:1 | 16% (52) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 30 | 10.1:1 | 19% (58) |
| 2010-11 | 302 | 33 | 9.2:1 | 13% (39) |
| 2000-01 | 351 | 30 | 11.7:1 | 12% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 283 | 33 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL is a small elementary school in New York, with an address in SLEEPY HOLLOW. Classes run from pre-K through 8, and the school has 322 students. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 27% lower.
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL.
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 39%. It is also 31% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Westchester County's residents are about 52% White, 13 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 8.5:1, with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 18%. The average for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
The allk12 Grade for POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL is A-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 80% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 68.4% for a school in New York with POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL posts 72.9%.
Westchester County census figures show that median household income is about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL is among the 255 public schools in Westchester County.
The shortest distance from POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL to another public school is about 1.5 miles, to HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The student count in 2024-25 was 322, 4% above the 309 of 2020-21.
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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 SLEEPY HOLLOW
- SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 843 students
- W L MORSE SCHOOLElementary · 405 students
Nearby schools
- HAWTHORNE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 417
- SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 843
- SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 617
- JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL1.9 mi · 166
- W L MORSE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 405
- BLYTHEDALE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 133
Frequently asked questions
About POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-08.
Is POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL have?
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
At POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 39% White, 31% Hispanic, 7% Black, 15% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL in?
POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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