Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361374001125
PURCHASE SCHOOL
2995 PURCHASE ST, PURCHASE, NY 10577 · (914) 630-3172 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% 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.
- 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
11.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
26 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 44 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (44).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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 HARRISON 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
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
82.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp 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 82 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
80.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 73% 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 PURCHASE SCHOOL
PURCHASE SCHOOL's state test result (80.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PURCHASE SCHOOL this school | 385 | 6.8% | 80.3% |
| FOREST LAKE SCHOOL WANTAGH | 390 | 6.7% | 65.5% |
| WILSON SCHOOL ROCKVILLE CENTRE | 387 | 5.9% | 73.4% |
| FORT SALONGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 381 | 8.7% | 72.5% |
| SEA CLIFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEA CLIFF | 361 | 8.0% | 81.7% |
| KATONAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KATONAH | 405 | 8.6% | 78.5% |
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 PURCHASE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.3% | #165 of 2,335 | #21 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #306 of 2,342 ▼ 142 | #37 of 127 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #304 of 2,343 ▼ 114 | #33 of 127 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #1,449 of 2,585 | #94 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #901 of 2,338 | #52 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #1,342 of 2,388 | #90 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.8% | #2,470 of 2,534 | #116 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.2% | #125 of 606 | #3 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
385
+84 (+28%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 242
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 385 | 34.6 | 11.1:1 | 7% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 33.2 | 11.0:1 | 8% (28) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 29.5 | 11.6:1 | 6% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 301 | 28 | 10.8:1 | 8% (23) |
| 2017-18 | 315 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 7% (23) |
| 2015-16 | 306 | 22 | 13.9:1 | 6% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 412 | 34 | 12.1:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 1% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 242 | 19 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PURCHASE SCHOOL.
About PURCHASE SCHOOL
PURCHASE SCHOOL is a public elementary school in PURCHASE, New York. The latest federal count shows 385 students in kindergarten through 5.
Within HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, PURCHASE SCHOOL is one of 6 schools. The district enrolls 3,792 students.
By race and ethnicity, PURCHASE SCHOOL is 70% White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That compares with about 52% White among all Westchester County residents. By the diversity index, PURCHASE SCHOOL comes in at 48%.
At PURCHASE SCHOOL, 34.6 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.1:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The 38% average for public schools in Westchester County is 31 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for PURCHASE SCHOOL is A. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 87% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for PURCHASE SCHOOL is 72.5%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 80.3%.
In Westchester County (population about 999,677), 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. PURCHASE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County, which together enroll about 140,968 students.
Of nearby public schools, BRUNO M PONTERIO RIDGE STREET SCHOOL is the closest, at about 1.7 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. PURCHASE SCHOOL comes in 1st of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 28%, from 301 to 385.
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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 HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HARRISON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,066 students
- LOUIS M KLEIN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 923 students
- HARRISON AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 607 students
- PARSONS MEMORIAL SCHOOLElementary · 480 students
- SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOLElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- BRUNO M PONTERIO RIDGE STREET SCHOOL1.7 mi · 598
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 2,239
- SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL1.7 mi · 331
- WESTCHESTER BOCES1.8 mi · 316
- REACH ACADEMY (THE)1.8 mi · 36
- BLIND BROOK HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 402
Frequently asked questions
About PURCHASE SCHOOLHow many students attend PURCHASE SCHOOL?
PURCHASE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 385 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PURCHASE SCHOOL serve?
PURCHASE SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PURCHASE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PURCHASE SCHOOL is approximately 11.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PURCHASE SCHOOL?
At PURCHASE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is PURCHASE SCHOOL in?
PURCHASE SCHOOL is part of HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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