THOMAS A EDISON SCHOOL

THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL is a cozy primary school in PORT CHESTER, New York, part of PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school caters to 356 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 6 schools in PORT CHESTER-RYE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT (4,392 students total), THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL lists that 90% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 36.9%.

Across the wider county, Westchester County reports that median household earnings sit near $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Western Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.5%.

THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THOMAS An EDISON SCHOOL has declined 13%, going from 409 students in 2018 to 356 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.