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What's the one class at SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
843
High
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS·NCES 362865003889
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL
210 N BROADWAY, SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY 10591 · (914) 631-8838 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL843 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of New York public high schools
- BTest 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.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
472 students
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 210 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 204 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 196 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 217 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 2% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -7.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
63.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL this school | 843 | 56.0% | 63.0% |
| GLEN COVE HIGH SCHOOL GLEN COVE | 1,060 | 58.4% | 45.5% |
| HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL HUNTINGTON | 1,363 | 55.2% | 50.2% |
| LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBERTY | 578 | 60.2% | 45.2% |
| RIVERDALE/KINGSBRIDGE ACADEMY (MS/HS 141) BRONX | 1,383 | 58.0% | 58.3% |
| SOUTHAMPTON HIGH SCHOOL SOUTHAMPTON | 582 | 46.7% | 70.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #489 of 1,135 | #30 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #304 of 1,109 ▼ 34 | #24 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #466 of 1,135 ▼ 71 | #34 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 843 | #305 of 1,216 | #27 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #759 of 1,058 | #33 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #487 of 1,070 | #30 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.0% | #633 of 1,167 | #14 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #310 of 339 | #16 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
843
-23 (-3%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 843 | 67.8 | 12.4:1 | 56% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 66.9 | 12.3:1 | 58% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 819 | 65.4 | 12.5:1 | 54% (442) |
| 2020-21 | 866 | 66 | 13.1:1 | 54% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 831 | 55 | 15.1:1 | 54% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 853 | 56 | 15.2:1 | 56% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 844 | 52 | 16.2:1 | 37% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 971 | 80 | 12.1:1 | 11% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 50 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL.
About SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school that serves part of SLEEPY HOLLOW, New York. The school enrolls 843 students in grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL sits within UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS, which has 5 schools and 2,636 students.
More than half of enrollment at SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is Hispanic: 65%. The remaining shares are 27% White, 3% Black, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
For every teacher at SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL, there are about 12.4 students; the school has 67.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in New York, 11.0:1, is lower. There are 472 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 56% of enrollment. Compared with the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County, the school's rate is higher.
Among New York public high schools, SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL outscored 59%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 54.4%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.0%.
For the population of Westchester County, median household income comes to about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westchester County counts 255 public schools with about 140,968 students.
SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd of 5 nearby schools with test data.
The NCES locale for SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH 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.
In 2020-21, SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 866 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 843.
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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 UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS
- SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 617 students
- WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOLElementary · 605 students
- W L MORSE SCHOOLElementary · 405 students
- JOHN PAULDING SCHOOLElementary · 166 students
Other schools in SLEEPY HOLLOW
- W L MORSE SCHOOLElementary · 405 students
- POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOLElementary · 322 students
Nearby schools
- SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 617
- JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL0.1 mi · 166
- W L MORSE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 405
- WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL0.8 mi · 605
- POCANTICO HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL1.8 mi · 322
- CARL L DIXSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL?
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 843 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL?
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 27% White, 65% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL?
SLEEPY HOLLOW HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.