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SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized high schools in SLEEPY HOLLOW, New York, part of UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS, with 843 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL sits 26% above that benchmark.
UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,636 students; SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
On demographics, SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder is composed of 27% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is north of typical.
With demographic context factored in, SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 63.0%, a residual of +8.6 points.
In the area at large, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).
SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 67.3%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 831 (now 843). Hispanic enrollment moved from 59% to 65% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.
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