THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in YORKTOWN HEIGHTS, New York, part of LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 383 students in grades pre-K through 5.

LAKELAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 5,232 students; THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

With demographic context factored in, THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.3%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of -6.2 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LAKELAND-COPPER BEECH MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 20% since 2018, when it stood at 480 (now 383). White enrollment moved from 73% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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