WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a roomy primary school in NEW ROCHELLE, New York, one of the schools within NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,019 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 443 students per school, that is 130% larger than typical.

NEW ROCHELLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 9,837 students; WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 36% White, 17% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.2%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of -4.4 points.

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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

Nearest neighbor: ALBERT LEONARD MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.3%.

WILLIAM B WARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 4%: 1,057 students in 2018 compared to 1,019 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 43% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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