H C Crittenden Middle School, Armonk NY

Original Research by School Decision on H C Crittenden Middle School

H.C. Crittenden Middle School sits in Armonk, a small, affluent hamlet of rolling hills and wooded neighborhoods near the Connecticut border in Westchester County. The school draws from a community that is predominantly residential, single-family in character, and oriented toward privacy and open space. A notable employer, IBM's global headquarters, anchors the area's economic base, though the hamlet itself centers on a compact Main Street with local shops and dining. The school occupies its own campus separate from the town's downtown core, reflecting a rural-fringe setting within a suburban context.

The school enrolls a mid-sized cohort across grades six through eight. The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data were not available, and counts for students with IEPs or English learners were not reported, so a parent seeking that information would need to contact the district directly.

In state testing, the school performs well across both math and English language arts. In math, proficiency runs consistently high across all three grades, with the strongest results in eighth grade. Sixth graders show proficiency levels typical of strong performance, while seventh graders measure slightly lower but still solidly above typical state benchmarks. In ELA, proficiency is notably strong in eighth grade and remains solid across sixth and seventh grades. The school's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile of districts in Westchester County. Science testing was administered to only a portion of eighth-grade students, so broader science conclusions cannot be drawn from the data provided. Social studies data were from an earlier year and are not current.

The school's academic pathway connects to Byram Hills High School and sits within a district that has recently made deliberate instructional investments in elementary literacy and character education. At the high school level, publicly reported information indicates broad AP course offerings and strong post-secondary preparation, though the specific course catalog for this middle school was not available in the data.

The community housing market is high-end. Properties in the area are valued at multiples well above both the state and national benchmarks. Recent development includes luxury townhome and condo projects downtown and at the edges of the hamlet, though the area sees relatively little new construction overall and retains its quiet, spacious residential character. For a family relocating to the area, housing costs are substantial and reflect an affluent, established community.

The district passed a major capital referendum in May 2024 for multiyear facilities renovation at the high school, including a new learning commons, additional turf field, and lighting upgrades, funded through capital reserves without raising the tax levy. The district has also recently adopted new elementary literacy and character education curricula aligned with current reading science and updated social-emotional learning frameworks, changes that shape the early grades but provide context for the school's instructional culture overall.

For families considering Crittenden, the school offers strong academic results in tested areas, a stable middle-class-to-affluent peer environment, and proximity to a town with good parks and a functioning downtown. A parent may want to confirm with the school the specific course catalog, program breadth beyond core academics, and support services for students with learning differences, as those details were not in the available data.

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Academic performance

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

New York Regents Exams

2 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Science	82	99.0%
Math	35	100.0%

Math

Grade 693%

School 93% · District 93%

▲ 48 pts above state median · ▲ 42 pts above county median

Grade 790%

School 90% · District 90%

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

Grade 894%

School 94% · District 93% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 57 pts above state median · ▲ 55 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 687%

School 87% · District 87%

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

Grade 789%

School 89% · District 89%

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

Grade 891%

School 91% · District 89% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▲ 42 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Science

Grade 882%

School 82% · District 79% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 64 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 899%

School 99% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolBYRAM HILLS CENTRAL 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 7Lower-income60%Higher-income90%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income86%Higher-income91%5 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income60%Higher-income91%31 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income80%Higher-income95%15 pp gap