Enrollment
404
Middle
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361272001049
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL
33 HILLSIDE AVE S, WHITE PLAINS, NY 10607 · (914) 948-8107 · Westchester County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of New York public middle schools
- BTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 6.8:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
182 students
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 152 | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 29% |
| Grade 6 | 127 | 31% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 2% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL→WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GREENBURGH 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
63.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
56.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL's state test result (56.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL this school | 404 | 45.0% | 56.4% |
| CIRCLEVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL CIRCLEVILLE | 466 | 52.1% | 56.6% |
| GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL WEST HEMPSTEAD | 340 | 33.2% | 49.8% |
| JAMES A FARLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STONY POINT | 533 | 49.5% | 43.1% |
| HERITAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW WINDSOR | 802 | 44.0% | 48.3% |
| SILAS WOOD 6TH GRADE CENTER HUNTINGTON STATION | 418 | 45.9% | 41.5% |
Matched among New York middle 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 RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.4% | #318 of 766 | #28 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #425 of 768 ▼ 50 | #32 of 40 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #170 of 768 ▲ 30 | #25 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #431 of 796 | #29 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #266 of 683 | #19 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #122 of 688 | #2 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #473 of 773 | #10 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.8% | #367 of 524 | #19 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
404
+64 (+19%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 410
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 404 | 41 | 9.8:1 | 45% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 352 | 41 | 8.6:1 | 51% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 44 | 7.6:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 38 | 8.9:1 | 60% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 61% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 399 | 34 | 11.7:1 | 58% (231) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 33 | 9.9:1 | 55% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 31% (141) |
| 1990-91 | 410 | 44 | 9.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL.
About RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is a small middle school located in WHITE PLAINS, New York. A total of 404 students attend the school, which covers grades 4 through 6. The average for middle schools in New York is about 531 students, so this school is 24% smaller than average.
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is part of a district of 5 schools: GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,626 students.
Enrollment at RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 50%. Other reported shares: 29% Black, 12% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all Westchester County residents. By the diversity index, RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL comes in at 65%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 9.8:1, with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Middle schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 10.3:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 45%.
The allk12 Grade for RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public middle schools, the school scored higher than 54% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL, the prediction is 58.4% and the result is 56.4%.
Westchester County has these Census figures: median household income is about $118,976, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Westchester County number 255 and enroll about 140,968.
The nearest other public school, LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools 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 19%, from 340 to 404.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 658 students
- HIGHVIEW SCHOOLElementary · 257 students
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 245 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAMElementary · 62 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
- POST ROAD SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOLElementary · 597 students
Nearby schools
- LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL0.5 mi · 245
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOL1.0 mi · 597
- EARLY CHILDHOOD PROGRAM1.0 mi · 62
- WOODLANDS MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 658
- HIGHVIEW SCHOOL1.4 mi · 257
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL1.4 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOLHow many students attend RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL?
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 404 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL serve?
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL serves grades 04-06.
How many students per teacher at RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.8:1 students per teacher at RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL are roughly 12% White, 50% Hispanic, 29% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL in?
RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is part of GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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