RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL

Located at 33 HILLSIDE AVE S, in WHITE PLAINS, New York, RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school that hosts 404 students (grades 4 through 6), run under GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 531 students.

GREENBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,626 students. RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Black, 12% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.4%; this one delivers 56.4%.

In the broader community, Westchester County reports that the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LEE F JACKSON SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICHARD J BAILEY SCHOOL has ticked down 8%, going from 438 students in 2018 to 404 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 39% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.

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