PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL

As a cozy elementary school in PELHAM, New York, PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL works with 334 students from grades K through 5, run under PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 443.

PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,828 students; PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL logs that 64% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 13% multiracial, 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 2% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 74.1%, the actual is 86.1%, a residual of +12.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Westchester County put median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SIWANOY SCHOOL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 68.7%.

PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 317 (now 334). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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