The top reported proficiency rate is 67% in Math. The lowest is 55% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Highview School
Highview School is a small elementary school serving grades two and three in Hartsdale, a commuter hamlet about twenty miles north of New York City in Westchester County. The school enrolls a diverse student body that reflects the neighborhood's composition: roughly half the students identify as Hispanic, a quarter as Black, with smaller shares of white and Asian students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the enrollment includes a number of students with other languages at home, though specific counts for English learners were not available.
Academically, the school sits below the midpoint when compared to other districts in Westchester County on overall proficiency across tested subjects. In third-grade math, the most recent state testing showed that just under two-thirds of students met or exceeded proficiency. In third-grade English language arts, the rate was somewhat lower, at just above half of tested students. Participation in the state assessments was strong, around nine in ten students taking the tests. These results suggest the school is working with a student population where reading and math skills are developing unevenly, with math tracking a bit ahead of reading. A parent may want to look into further detail with the school about how it addresses this gap and what interventions are in place for students who are not yet meeting grade-level targets.
The school is part of Greenburgh Central School District, which has adopted the International Baccalaureate Programme as the framework for all grades K through 12. This means the school's curriculum is anchored in the IB approach, which emphasizes inquiry-based learning and international perspectives. The district recently completed a major energy-efficiency renovation of eight facilities at no cost to taxpayers, funded through energy savings, and voters approved a science lab upgrade at Woodlands Middle High School in January 2025. These are indications of the district's ongoing investment in facilities and curriculum, though the district's earlier effort to consolidate schools into a unified campus was rejected by voters.
Hartsdale itself is a mixed-texture community, part apartment buildings around the Metro-North station and part single-family houses on tree-lined streets. The Metro-North Harlem Line offers a direct connection to Grand Central Terminal, and the hamlet has a local downtown corridor with shops and eateries. Housing values are substantial; the area is solidly upper-middle-class suburban. The town's walkability centers on the train station and is being expanded with new sidewalk infrastructure funded by a federal grant. Green space is abundant, with Ridge Road Park and Hart's Brook Nature Preserve offering trails and recreation.
For a family considering this school, the picture is of a small, diverse elementary with emerging proficiency in foundational literacy and math skills, situated in an IB-framed district with real commitment to curriculum and facilities. The setting is a close-in suburb with good rail access to the city and a neighborhood feel. The academic results suggest this is not a high-performing outlier school, but one serving a real cross-section of working and middle-class families where building strong early reading and numeracy skills is an active focus.
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