WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL

WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL, a medium-sized K-5 school in TARRYTOWN, New York, run under UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS, caters to 605 students, covering grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 37% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE TARRYTOWNS runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,636 students. WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%; the rest consists of 32% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.2%; this one delivers 47.5%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Westchester County) logs that median household earnings sit near $118,976, 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), WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: JOHN PAULDING SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 74.7%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. WASHINGTON IRVING INTERM SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 629 (now 605). Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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