Enrollment
331
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361374001126
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL
50 TAYLOR AVE, WEST HARRISON, NY 10604 · (914) 630-3152 · Westchester County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL331 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 72% 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.
- BBeats 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
10.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
93 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 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
55%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
67.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
69.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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 have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 69.0% |
% 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL this school | 331 | 28.1% | 66.1% |
| BOYLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT JEFFERSON STA | 306 | 31.0% | 41.3% |
| RHAME AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAST ROCKAWAY | 330 | 30.9% | 44.1% |
| THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOL OYSTER BAY | 308 | 23.7% | N/A |
| BEDFORD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BEDFORD HILLS | 309 | 24.6% | 71.3% |
| LINCOLN TITUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CROMPOND | 374 | 25.4% | 65.8% |
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 SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #521 of 2,335 | #48 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #742 of 2,342 ▼ 142 | #60 of 127 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #648 of 2,343 ▼ 206 | #57 of 127 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 331 | #1,800 of 2,585 | #113 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #642 of 2,338 | #38 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,024 of 2,388 | #64 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.1% | #2,021 of 2,534 | #79 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.6% | #589 of 606 | #31 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
331
-37 (-10%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 227
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 331 | 31.3 | 10.6:1 | 28% (93) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 31.3 | 10.8:1 | 30% (103) |
| 2022-23 | 348 | 35.6 | 9.8:1 | 27% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 30 | 12.3:1 | 27% (100) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 31.1 | 10.6:1 | 35% (115) |
| 2015-16 | 320 | 28 | 11.4:1 | 33% (104) |
| 2010-11 | 344 | 37 | 9.3:1 | 18% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 348 | 31 | 11.2:1 | 11% (38) |
| 1990-91 | 227 | 19 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL.
About SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is a small elementary school in WEST HARRISON, New York, one of the schools in HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 331 students. On average, elementary schools in New York enroll around 443, and this school is 25% below that mark.
HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL and 5 other schools, with 3,792 students in total.
Of every 100 students at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL, about 58 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL scores 55%.
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1, with 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 28% at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
On the allk12 Grade, SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 72% of New York public elementary schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.7%. SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL scores 66.1%.
For the population of Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Westchester County, 255 public schools serve about 140,968 students.
REACH ACADEMY (THE), about 0.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a decrease of 37 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.3:1 to 10.6:1 over the same years.
People who know SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- PURCHASE SCHOOLElementary · 385 students
Nearby schools
- REACH ACADEMY (THE)0.1 mi · 36
- GEORGE WASHINGTON SCHOOL1.2 mi · 602
- WHITE PLAINS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,239
- CHURCH STREET SCHOOL1.3 mi · 597
- MAMARONECK AVENUE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 605
- PURCHASE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 385
Frequently asked questions
About SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL?
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL enrolls approximately 331 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL serve?
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is approximately 10.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL?
At SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 58% White, 34% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL in?
SAMUEL J PRESTON SCHOOL is part of HARRISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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