Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 318 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362268003189
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL
1000 WASHINGTON AVE, PELHAM, NY 10803 · (914) 738-6690 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of New York public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.8:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
2%
8 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 PELHAM UNION FREE 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
96.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 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 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 96.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
86.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
74.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% 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 PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL's state test result (86.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL this school | 334 | 2.4% | 86.1% |
| COLONIAL SCHOOL PELHAM | 296 | 2.0% | 86.3% |
| ALLEN CREEK SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 365 | 6.0% | 69.8% |
| SIWANOY SCHOOL PELHAM | 275 | 6.2% | 87.5% |
| PARK ROAD SCHOOL PITTSFORD | 394 | 2.0% | 74.1% |
| PURCHASE SCHOOL PURCHASE | 385 | 6.8% | 80.3% |
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 PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.1% | #78 of 2,335 | #9 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #178 of 2,342 ▲ 17 | #19 of 127 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #19 of 2,343 ▲ 36 | #1 of 127 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #1,779 of 2,585 | #110 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #1,578 of 2,338 | #91 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #989 of 2,388 | #60 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.4% | #2,509 of 2,534 | #129 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.4% | #382 of 606 | #20 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
334
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
+79% since 1990-91, when it was 187
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 334 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 22.7 | 14.8:1 | 2% (6) |
| 2022-23 | 325 | 25.5 | 12.7:1 | 2% (8) |
| 2020-21 | 320 | 25 | 12.8:1 | 3% (8) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | 3% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 4% (11) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 30 | 11.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2000-01 | 293 | 19 | 15.4:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 187 | 14 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL.
About PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in PELHAM, New York. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 334 students enrolled. Elementary schools in New York have about 443 students on average; enrollment here is 25% lower.
The district, PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, operates 6 schools serving 2,828 students.
More than half of enrollment at PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL is White: 64%. The next largest groups are 13% multiracial, 10% Asian, 9% Hispanic, and 4% Black. The school's White share is 12 points above the 52% share among Westchester County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
The school has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.8 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is close to this figure. Of all students at PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL, 2% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Westchester County average 38%.
Among New York public elementary schools, PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL outscored 92%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
A school with PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 74.1%. PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL scores 86.1%, 12.0 points above that line.
In Westchester County, median household income comes to about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 255, with about 140,968 students.
SIWANOY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL, about 0.6 miles away. PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL comes in 3rd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 320 students in 2020-21 to 334 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 705 students
- HUTCHINSON SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- COLONIAL SCHOOLElementary · 296 students
- SIWANOY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Other schools in PELHAM
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 852 students
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 705 students
- HUTCHINSON SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- COLONIAL SCHOOLElementary · 296 students
- SIWANOY SCHOOLElementary · 275 students
Nearby schools
- SIWANOY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 275
- PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 852
- COLONIAL SCHOOL0.9 mi · 296
- PELHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 705
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 500
- BENJAMIN TURNER ACADEMY1.2 mi · 340
Frequently asked questions
About PROSPECT HILL SCHOOLHow large is PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL?
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 334 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL serve?
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL have?
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL are roughly 64% White, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black, 10% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Is PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL public or private?
PROSPECT HILL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.