The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Mount Pleasant-blythedale Union Free School District
Mount Pleasant-Blythedale Union Free School District is a special-act district that serves an entirely different student population and purpose than a conventional school district. The district exists solely to provide education to patients at Blythedale Children's Hospital. Students attend only as inpatients or day-hospital patients by referral from their home districts. There is no residential enrollment base, no district property tax, and this is not a district where families move to access schools.
The district's enrollment is small, drawn from hospital patients across a wide geographic area. The enrollment includes students spanning prekindergarten through grade 12, with particular density in the early elementary grades. The student body is diverse: roughly a plurality identify as Hispanic, with substantial shares identifying as white, Black, and Asian. The enrollment numbers are too small for the state to report free or reduced-price lunch rates, special education rates, or English learner rates.
State testing data for the district is severely limited by the small and shifting enrollment. Most proficiency rates are suppressed because tested student counts are too low for public reporting. Where counts are available, they show only handfuls of students taking assessments in any given grade and subject. Participation rates in state testing are notably low across grades, a reflection of the district's clinical setting and student population. The district's overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile among Westchester County districts, though interpreting that metric requires understanding that this district serves patients in treatment, not a residential school-age population.
Chronic absenteeism data shows a rate substantially above county medians, which aligns with the reality that hospital patients may be unable to attend consistently due to medical needs and treatment schedules. The district's per-pupil spending is among the highest in the county, reflecting the specialized instructional and therapeutic environment required to serve students receiving inpatient or day-hospital care.
The one school in the district, Blythedale School, operates within the hospital setting. No information about course offerings, curriculum emphasis, or enrichment programs is available in the provided data. Prospective questions about the school's approach to hospital-based education, coordination with treatment teams, or transitions back to home-district schools would need to be directed to the district or hospital directly.
This district serves a distinct and essential role in educational access for medically complex students, but it operates outside the conventional framework of residential school choice. Families do not move to enroll in it; students are referred there by home districts and medical providers when hospitalization or intensive day treatment is needed.
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