Bronxville Elementary School, Bronxville NY

Original Research by School Decision on Bronxville Elementary School

Bronxville Elementary School is a regular public school in an affluent Westchester County village, serving kindergarten through fifth grade in an integrated K-12 district campus. The school enrolls a population that is majority white, with Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students represented in the enrollment. The district does not report free-or-reduced-price lunch counts or English learner enrollment for the school, and special education enrollment data was not available.

Academically, Bronxville Elementary shows strong proficiency across tested subjects and grade levels. In math, across third, fourth, and fifth grades, proficiency rates hold in the mid-to-high range. In English language arts, fifth-grade proficiency is notably strong, while fourth-grade results are more moderate. In fifth-grade science, proficiency is solid but somewhat lower than in ELA and math. When combined, the school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Westchester County districts. Test participation is high and consistent across grades.

The elementary school sits on Pondfield Road at the center of the village, adjacent to Village Hall, the public library, and the police department. This downtown placement means the school is walkable for many residents and integrated into civic life rather than isolated on a separate campus. The village itself is densely built at about one square mile, predominantly residential but with a compact mixed-use downtown including shops, restaurants, a Metro-North station, and cultural institutions. The housing market here is affluent; home values are well above county and state medians, and the rental market is similarly high. The area has seen recent infill development including new condominium, townhouse, and rental buildings, though the market has slowed recently as homes spend somewhat longer on the market than a year ago.

The Bronxville Union Free School District approved a multi-year capital project in May 2025 to address aging infrastructure, particularly in the elementary wing, funded through a bond issue and capital reserves. This represents a significant long-term facilities investment and will affect local property-tax-funded debt service going forward. In recent years, the district has also shifted elementary literacy instruction toward structured, science-of-reading methods, layering explicit phonics programs such as Wilson Language and Orton-Gillingham onto its prior balanced-literacy approach. The district's professional learning plans commit to continued training in these methods through at least 2025.

Families considering this school should understand it as part of a K-12 district serving an affluent, family-oriented enclave with strong baseline proficiency in tested subjects, ongoing infrastructure investment, and deliberate pedagogical choices in elementary reading. The school's performance sits notably above the midpoint among county peers. Elementary state testing data is current and comprehensive; secondary outcomes such as graduation rates do not apply to this elementary school.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 386%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 27 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 488%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 30 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 587%

School 87% · District 87%

▲ 36 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 82%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 594%

School 94% · District 94%

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Science

Grade 581%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 599%

School 99% · district not reported

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

This schoolBRONXVILLE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income67%Higher-income86%19 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income80%Higher-income94%14 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income100%Higher-income85%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income80%Higher-income89%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income60%Higher-income88%28 pp gap