Scarsdale Public Schools

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Scarsdale Union Free School District
Location
Scarsdale
, Westchester County , New York , 10583
United States
District information
TypePublic
MottoNon Sibi (Not for One's Self)
GradesK-12
Established1784 (1784)
SuperintendentDr. Andrew (Drew) Patrick, Ed.D.
Asst. superintendent(s)
  • Andrew Lennon (Business)
  • Dr. Edgar McIntosh (Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment)
  • Eric Rauschenbach (Special Education and Student Services)
  • Meghan Troy (Human Resources and Leadership Development)
School board
  • Ronald Schulhof, President (2022-25)
  • Suzie Hahn, Vice President (2022-25)
  • Colleen Brown (2022-25)
  • James Dugan (2021-24)
  • Robert Klein (2023-26)
  • Jessica Resnick-Ault (2021-24)
  • Amber Yusuf (2023-26)
Accreditation(s) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (Scarsdale High School)
Schools
  • Edgewood Elementary School
  • Fox Meadow Elementary School
  • Greenacres Elementary School
  • Heathcote Elementary School
  • Quaker Ridge Elementary School
  • Scarsdale Middle School
  • Scarsdale Senior High School
Budget$166,862,755 (2021-22)
NCES District ID 3625950 [1]
Students and staff
Students4,642 (2021-22)
Teachers411 full-time equivalent (2021-22)
Student–teacher ratio11:1
District mascotBandersnatch
Team Name: Raiders
Colors  Maroon
  White
Other information
Website scarsdaleschools.org

The Scarsdale Public School District (Scarsdale Union Free School District) is a public school district whose boundaries encompass the entirety of Scarsdale, New York and part of the unincorporated portion of the town of Mamaroneck, New York. The district enrollment is 4,593 students in grades K-12 in seven schools. More than 90% of K-12 aged children residing in the village attend the public schools. [2]

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The average class size is around 20 students with a 97% student attendance rate. [3] The district is in good standing under the Every Student Succeeds Act, or ESSA. [3]

In June 2012, 24/7 Wall St. ranked the district as being the wealthiest in the entire country. [4]

Three of the district's schools have received the National Blue Ribbon Award including Greenacres Elementary in 2023, [5] Heathcote Elementary in 2020, [6] and Scarsdale High in 1983. [7]

Demographics

Enrollment by gender is split 51% male and 49% female. [8]

65% of students are white, 20% are Asian or Native Hawaiian/other Pacific Islander, 7% are Hispanic or Latino, 6% are Multicultural, and 1% are African American. [8]

As of 1991, students of East Asian origin made up 19.3% of the school district's students. [9] That year 26% of the students at Fox Meadow Elementary School were of Asian origin, [10] Over 25% of the students at another one of the elementary schools were of Asian origin. [9] The increase was chiefly due to a large number of Japanese businesspersons assigned to the New York City area moving to Scarsdale, [11] and also due to a large number of houses being occupied by "empty nesters". [9] Fox Meadow adjusted to its new population by giving new Japanese students American "buddies," establishing English-Japanese handbooks, and a parent-teacher association group oriented to Japanese parents. [10]

Student performance

As of that year SAT averages of the school system are over 100 points higher than the national average. In 2007 the SAT averages were 639 for mathematics, 617 for reading, and 636 on writing. The national averages were 505 for mathematics, 491 for reading, and 494 for writing. In 2006 there were 364 graduates from Scarsdale High School. Of them, almost 97% were scheduled to attend four-year universities. Elsa Brenner of The New York Times wrote that "The school system remains tough to beat and is clearly doing all it can to stay that way." [12]

Schools

The Scarsdale School District has five separate elementary schools: Edgewood, Fox Meadow, Greenacres, Heathcote, and Quaker Ridge.

Each elementary school is named after one of the five neighborhoods in Scarsdale. [12]

Scarsdale Middle School is the district middle school and Scarsdale High School is the district high school.

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References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Scarsdale Union Free School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  2. ↑ "Planning Studies | Scarsdale, NY". www.scarsdale.com. Retrieved 2023-04-13.
  3. 1 2 "SCARSDALE UFSD | NYSED Data Site". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  4. ↑ Liebeskind, Ken. "Weston Is Second Wealthiest U.S. School District". The Weston Daily Voice. Archived from the original on 18 January 2014. Retrieved 26 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) ()
  5. ↑ "Greenacres Elementary School" . Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  6. ↑ Wallenstein, Joanne. "Heathcote Elementary Celebrates Blue Ribbon Award". Scarsdale. Retrieved 2023-03-27.
  7. ↑ "NATIONAL BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS PROGRAM Schools Recognized 1982 Through 2015" (PDF).
  8. 1 2 "2019 | SCARSDALE UFSD - Enrollment Data | NYSED Data Site". data.nysed.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
  9. 1 2 3 Handelman, David. "The Japanning of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. 40-45. - CITED: p. 42.
  10. 1 2 Handelman, David. "The Japanizing of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. 40-45. - CITED: p. 44.
  11. ↑ Handelman, David. "The Japanizing of Scarsdale: East Meets Westchester." New York Magazine (ISSN 0028-7369). New York Media, LLC, April 29, 1991. Vol. 24, No. 17. 40-41. - CITED: p. 41.
  12. 1 2 Brenner, Elsa. "Living in Scarsdale, N.Y. Houses Even Bigger, Scores Way Above Average." The New York Times . May 18, 2008. Retrieved on January 17, 2014.
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