W L MORSE SCHOOL

W L MORSE SCHOOL, a mid-sized primary school in SLEEPY HOLLOW, New York, part of UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS, enrolls 405 students, covering grades 1 through 2.

UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,636 students; W L MORSE SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, W L MORSE SCHOOL shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 35% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at W L MORSE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Zooming out to the county, 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. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which W L MORSE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SLEEPY HOLLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around W L MORSE SCHOOL.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 4%: 421 students in 2018 compared to 405 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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