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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 601 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363126004184
POST ROAD SCHOOL
175 W POST RD, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10606 · (914) 422-2320 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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.
- C+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
12.2:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
266 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Based on grade levels within WHITE PLAINS 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
55.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +17.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 17 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
48.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 POST ROAD SCHOOL
POST ROAD SCHOOL's state test result (48.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| POST ROAD SCHOOL this school | 605 | 44.0% | 48.5% |
| BROOKSIDE SCHOOL OSSINING | 672 | 44.3% | N/A |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 602 | 46.7% | 39.3% |
| PARK SCHOOL OSSINING | 572 | 40.0% | N/A |
| GARDNERTOWN LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWBURGH | 612 | 41.5% | 34.4% |
| CHURCH STREET SCHOOL WHITE PLAINS | 597 | 42.5% | 47.1% |
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 POST ROAD SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,217 of 2,335 | #72 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,087 of 2,342 ▲ 178 | #74 of 127 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,159 of 2,343 ▲ 251 | #74 of 127 ▲ 17 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #448 of 2,585 | #20 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #1,361 of 2,338 | #74 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #1,110 of 2,388 | #74 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.0% | #1,577 of 2,534 | #61 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #1,307 of 1,757 | #61 of 100 |
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
605
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 488
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 605 | 49.5 | 12.2:1 | 44% (266) |
| 2023-24 | 599 | 52 | 11.5:1 | 53% (318) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 47.5 | 12.2:1 | 55% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 49 | 12.2:1 | 56% (337) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 62% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 55% (344) |
| 2010-11 | 599 | 47 | 12.7:1 | 55% (330) |
| 2000-01 | 512 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 49% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 47 | 10.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for POST ROAD SCHOOL.
About POST ROAD SCHOOL
POST ROAD SCHOOL is one of the public schools in WHITE PLAINS, New York. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A total of 605 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5. Against the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York, enrollment here is 37% higher.
WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 7 schools with 6,782 students in all.
At POST ROAD SCHOOL, Hispanic students make up 65% of the student body. Next come 21% White, 6% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 12.2:1, with 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 44% of enrollment.
POST ROAD SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 42% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, POST ROAD SCHOOL would be expected to post about 58.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.5%.
County data help place the school in context: in Westchester County, the median household income is $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. In all, Westchester County has 255 public schools and roughly 140,968 students.
The school nearest to POST ROAD SCHOOL is MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL, at a distance of about 0.8 miles. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, POST ROAD SCHOOL ranks 4th of 6 on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Small.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (598) and 2024-25 (605).
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at POST ROAD 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 WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,537 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Other schools in WHITE PLAINS
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,239 students
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,537 students
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
- RIDGEWAY SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 605
- WHITE PLAINS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,537
- HIGHVIEW SCHOOL0.9 mi · 257
- GREENACRES SCHOOL0.9 mi · 354
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL1.3 mi · 245
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOL1.4 mi · 597
Frequently asked questions
About POST ROAD SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at POST ROAD SCHOOL?
POST ROAD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 605 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does POST ROAD SCHOOL serve?
POST ROAD SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does POST ROAD SCHOOL have?
POST ROAD SCHOOL employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at POST ROAD SCHOOL?
At POST ROAD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 21% White, 65% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees POST ROAD SCHOOL?
POST ROAD SCHOOL is overseen by WHITE PLAINS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.