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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TUCKAHOE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362904003924
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL
2 SIWANOY BLVD, EASTCHESTER, NY 10709 · (914) 337-5376 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New York public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
107 students
DISTRICT 25% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 17% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within TUCKAHOE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +19.0pp since 2023
Math
88.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 19 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 82.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
72.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL's state test result (72.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL this school | 488 | 21.9% | 72.9% |
| SCOTCHTOWN AVENUE SCHOOL GOSHEN | 505 | 25.1% | N/A |
| MARION STREET SCHOOL LYNBROOK | 435 | 19.1% | 70.9% |
| WAVERLY AVENUE SCHOOL HOLTSVILLE | 497 | 24.9% | 45.3% |
| PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WARWICK | 456 | 21.3% | 74.4% |
| PS 110 MONITOR (THE) BROOKLYN | 493 | 24.5% | 74.5% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #309 of 2,335 | #37 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #187 of 2,342 ▲ 75 | #21 of 127 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #309 of 2,343 ▲ 246 | #37 of 127 ▲ 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #888 of 2,585 | #63 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #616 of 2,338 | #35 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #890 of 2,388 | #51 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.9% | #2,183 of 2,534 | #86 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.6% | #635 of 1,757 | #18 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
488
-103 (-17%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 488 | 46.5 | 10.5:1 | 22% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 506 | 48 | 10.5:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 49.7 | 10.6:1 | 17% (88) |
| 2020-21 | 591 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 13% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 607 | 43.7 | 13.9:1 | 15% (90) |
| 2015-16 | 589 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 9% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 43 | 11.9:1 | 11% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 444 | 37 | 12.0:1 | 14% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL.
About WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL
Students in EASTCHESTER, New York, attend WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488 students in pre-K through 5.
TUCKAHOE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 3 schools, WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL included, with 1,065 students in all.
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL's enrollment is 62% White. The remaining shares are 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put the White share of Westchester County's population at about 52%. By the diversity index, WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL comes in at 57%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.5:1, with 46.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New York is 12.8:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 22% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 82% of New York public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 72.9% and a predicted 66.9%.
Across Westchester County, median household income is about $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL is among the 255 public schools in Westchester County.
The nearest other public school, TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL. By average proficiency, WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL is 6th among 8 schools close by.
The federal government classifies WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL's location as Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 488 was 17% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 591. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.6:1 to 10.5:1.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TUCKAHOE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TUCKAHOE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 299 students
- TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 278 students
Other schools in EASTCHESTER
- EASTCHESTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 922 students
- EASTCHESTER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 695 students
- WAVERLY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 427 students
- ANNE HUTCHINSON SCHOOLElementary · 419 students
- TUCKAHOE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 299 students
- TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 278 students
Nearby schools
- TUCKAHOE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 278
- TUCKAHOE HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 299
- WAVERLY EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER0.8 mi · 427
- BRONXVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 361
- BRONXVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 688
- BRONXVILLE HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL?
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL serve?
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL is approximately 10.5:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL?
At WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 62% White, 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL in?
WILLIAM E COTTLE SCHOOL is part of TUCKAHOE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.