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SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL
SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL operates as an average-sized K-5 school in SOMERS, New York, run under SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 560 students spanning grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 26% larger than typical.
SOMERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,475 students. SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 52% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.0%, the actual is 58.0%, a residual of -11.0 points.
Around the school, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).
The closest other public school is SOMERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 70.8%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 10%: 623 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.
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