Original Research by School Decision on Greenburgh Eleven Elementary School
Greenburgh Eleven Elementary School is a small special education school serving students in grades kindergarten through six who live and receive treatment at the Children's Village residential campus in Dobbs Ferry. The school has a handful of students, with enrollment concentrated in the upper grades. State testing data from the most recent year show participation but the results are suppressed due to the school's small size, which is standard practice to protect student privacy when tested groups are very small. This means state proficiency information is not available as a public metric for this school.
The student body is primarily Black and Hispanic, with a substantial majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The school operates as part of the Greenburgh Eleven Union Free School District, a special-act district created to serve the residential and educational needs of students at the Children's Village treatment facility rather than a conventional geographic district.
The district has made lasting curriculum commitments that shape what students experience here. It adopted STEMscopes, an inquiry-based science curriculum for grades K-8, alongside i-Ready Math with personalized learning pathways. The school also employs a restorative justice approach paired with PBIS (Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports), reflecting a therapeutic model designed to build relationships and address behavior through community-building rather than traditional discipline alone. These choices signal the district's emphasis on trauma-informed, hands-on learning for students whose emotional and behavioral needs are often complex.
The district has launched the Eagle Eye Security Program, a career and technical training initiative that has produced its first graduating cohort with hands-on training and industry certifications. While this program serves high school students, it shows a commitment to post-secondary readiness pathways for older students in the system.
Dobbs Ferry itself is a small, walkable Hudson River village about twenty miles north of Manhattan, with a downtown centered on Main Street that retains a small-town character. It sits on the Metro-North Hudson Line, a short train ride to Grand Central. The community has been growing, with major new mixed-use development like Rivertowns Square bringing apartments, restaurants, and a hotel to the area, alongside continued investment in parks and the waterfront. Housing values in the area are substantial. For families whose children are placed at the Children's Village campus, the school's location in this rivertown offers access to a community with parks, a library, and transit connections, though the school itself serves a residential treatment population rather than local neighborhood families.
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