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Which teacher or staff member at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
560
Elementary
DISTRICT 538 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362718003701
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
240 RT 202, SOMERS, NY 10589 · (914) 277-4344 · Westchester County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL560 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
10.3:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
92 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 168 | 30% |
| Grade 4 | 210 | 38% |
| Grade 5 | 182 | 33% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOMERS 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
56.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL this school | 560 | 16.4% | 58.0% |
| CARRIE E TOMPKINS SCHOOL CROTON ON HUDSON | 585 | 14.5% | 68.6% |
| PRIMROSE SCHOOL LINCOLNDALE | 515 | 14.4% | N/A |
| FRANK J CARASITI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROCKY POINT | 531 | 19.2% | N/A |
| THOMAS J LAHEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENLAWN | 602 | 16.9% | 66.2% |
| MANETUCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 514 | 17.3% | 40.0% |
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 SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #839 of 2,335 | #62 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #827 of 2,342 ▼ 117 | #63 of 127 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,119 of 2,343 ▼ 144 | #72 of 127 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 560 | #604 of 2,585 | #40 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #539 of 2,338 | #28 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.3% | #1,491 of 2,388 | #105 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.4% | #2,321 of 2,534 | #94 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.1% | #1,140 of 1,757 | #46 of 100 |
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
560
+12 (+2%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 496
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 560 | 54.4 | 10.3:1 | 16% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 565 | 56.2 | 10.1:1 | 13% (76) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 50.9 | 10.3:1 | 11% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 50 | 11.0:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 51 | 12.2:1 | 9% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 722 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 56 | 14.4:1 | 4% (33) |
| 2000-01 | 700 | 49 | 14.3:1 | 3% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 496 | 35 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
About SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is an elementary school in SOMERS, New York, and it is part of SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrolled students number 560 students, in grades 3 through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New York average about 443 students each.
The district for SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 4 schools and 2,475 students.
A majority of students at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 73%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 52%. SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL has a diversity index of 43%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, 54.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 10.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1. Roughly 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 38% average for public schools in Westchester County is 22 points.
The allk12 Grade for SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is B-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 51% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In New York, SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 58.0% actual against a predicted 69.0%.
Within Westchester County, median household income is about $118,976, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 255 public schools in Westchester County, with a combined enrollment of about 140,968.
SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 58.0% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
Federal data place SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL in the Rural: Fringe locale, which means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL had 548 students in 2020-21 and 560 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 847 students
- SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 553 students
- PRIMROSE SCHOOLElementary · 515 students
Nearby schools
- SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 553
- SOMERS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 847
- PRIMROSE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 515
- INCREASE MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 479
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 598
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 560 students in grades 03-05.
What age range does SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serve?
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL serves students from grade 03 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
How diverse is SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL reports a student body of 73% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL?
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is overseen by SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.