WESTORCHARD SCHOOL

WESTORCHARD SCHOOL is an elementary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in CHAPPAQUA, New York, run under CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 441 students in grades K through 4.

Within CHAPPAQUA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 6 schools and 3,509 students, WESTORCHARD SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WESTORCHARD SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder comes out to 14% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 3% of students at WESTORCHARD SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WESTORCHARD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 88.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WESTORCHARD SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROARING BROOK SCHOOL, around 1.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WESTORCHARD SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WESTORCHARD SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 77.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WESTORCHARD SCHOOL has rose 7%, going from 413 students in 2018 to 441 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 71% across the same window.

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