SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL

As an intimate elementary school in WEST HARRISON, New York, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL instructs 331 students from grades K through 5, part of HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 25% leaner than the state mean of about 443.

Within HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,792 students, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 34% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 3% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.7%, the actual is 66.1%, a residual of +1.4 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Westchester County put median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

REACH ACADEMY (THE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 329 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 34% across the same window.

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