Bedford Road School, Pleasantville NY

Original Research by School Decision on Bedford Road School

Bedford Road School serves students in kindergarten through fourth grade in Pleasantville, a high-income commuter village about thirty miles north of Manhattan with a compact, walkable downtown anchored by Metro-North rail access and cultural venues. The school sits on a residential campus along Bedford Road, slightly removed from the village's commercial core.

The school enrolls a moderate number of students across its grades, with fairly even distribution. About one in nine students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic population and smaller Asian and multiracial communities. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.

In the most recent state testing data available, the school's results in math show solid ground. In third grade, about four in five students scored proficient or above in math, and fourth grade showed similar results. In English language arts, proficiency is somewhat lower: roughly three in four third graders and about three in four fourth graders met proficiency. Reading participation rates are high, above ninety-five percent in both grades. Science testing data was not available for the grade band served.

Within the set of districts in Westchester County, the school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint. This positioning reflects the ELA scores bringing down the overall average relative to stronger-performing districts in the county. Parents may want to look into whether specific instructional supports exist for reading development, particularly given the gap between math and ELA attainment.

Pleasantville is experiencing active downtown revitalization, with new residential and mixed-use development reshaping the village character over the past few years. The community has pursued these changes through a master plan focused on the central business district, resulting in new apartment buildings and townhome development. This growth has sparked both enthusiasm and resident concern about infrastructure strain and changing village dynamics. Housing values in the zip code are substantial, and rental markets are tight, with housing costs consuming more than half of median household income for renters.

The district recently won voter approval for a major capital projects plan in May 2025 after an earlier referendum failed in December 2024. The new plan authorizes facility upgrades across all three school buildings, including security improvements at Bedford Road School, new STEAM instructional spaces, athletic field improvements, and infrastructure work. This work was structured to be tax-levy-neutral by aligning with expiring debt obligations. The district has consistently held its budgets within the New York State tax cap, with cost pressures driven largely by special education tuition and benefit expenses, signaling relatively predictable property-tax growth for families in the community.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 382%

School 82% · District 82%

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

Grade 482%

School 82% · District 82%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 14 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 375%

School 75% · District 75%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 18 pts above county median

Grade 477%

School 77% · District 77%

▲ 24 pts above state median · ▲ 15 pts above county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 72% · ▼ 72 pts below district

▼ 42 pts below state median · ▼ 48 pts below county median

This schoolPLEASANTVILLE 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-income22%Higher-income80%57 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income33%Higher-income85%52 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income30%Higher-income87%57 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income45%Higher-income90%45 pp gap