SIWANOY SCHOOL

SIWANOY SCHOOL operates as a modestly sized primary school in PELHAM, New York, operated by PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 275 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 38% smaller than the state mean of about 443.

PELHAM UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,828 students; SIWANOY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SIWANOY SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 71%. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SIWANOY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.7%, the actual is 87.5%, a residual of +14.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Westchester County reports that median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SIWANOY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: PELHAM MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SIWANOY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.4%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SIWANOY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 3% since 2018, when it stood at 284 (now 275). The White share of enrollment contracted from 75% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for SIWANOY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.