Osborn School, Rye NY - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Osborn School

Osborn School serves kindergarten through fifth grade in Rye, a small upscale city in Westchester County positioned as a bedroom community for New York City commuters. The school sits on its own site rather than on a consolidated campus; the district's three elementary schools (Midland, Milton, and Osborn) occupy separate locations across the city. Osborn's enrollment is roughly consistent across its grade band, with a stable overall enrollment of about that size for a K-5 school.

The student body is predominantly white, with smaller shares of Asian, Hispanic, and multiracial students, and very few Black students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch participation data was not available, so family income characteristics cannot be assessed from the data. Special education and English learner counts were also missing. These gaps may reflect Rye's overall demographic and economic profile as an affluent area, but the school's documentation does not provide the detail needed to say.

Academic performance across tested grades shows consistent strength in both math and English language arts. In math, proficiency rates range from mid-to-high across grades three through five, with particularly strong results in fifth grade. ELA proficiency is also solid across the grade band, with fourth grade performing above the school's other grades in that subject. Science proficiency in fifth grade, the only grade tested, sits slightly lower than the school's other subjects. A social studies result from more than a decade ago is in the data but is too old to characterize current performance. Overall, Osborn's proficiency index places it in the top quartile among Westchester County districts, a meaningful marker of academic standing within the county comparison set.

Participation rates in state testing are very high across subjects and grades, consistently near or at full participation. This steady engagement with state assessments suggests reliable data and strong administrative compliance.

The Rye housing market reflects an affluent, stable area. Home values in the zip code have risen modestly year over year, and rental rates are high. Downtown Rye, centered on Purchase Street, has walkable blocks with shops, restaurants, and civic anchors including the library, Metro-North station, and parks. The area's transit score is low, so car ownership remains common despite the train access. New residential development in recent years has clustered near downtown and the station corridor, including mixed-use and senior housing projects. The broader Rye market showed recent softening in pending listings and a slight moderation in median listing prices, though supply and demand scores both fluctuate.

The school offers a traditional elementary program within the Rye City School District framework. Staff, curriculum, program breadth, and any special offerings were not documented in the available data, so a parent would benefit from visiting the school's website or contacting the district directly to understand the full instructional day, specialty programs, or distinctive approaches. Similarly, discipline practices, attendance data, and special services are not reported here, leaving gaps in a complete picture of school environment and student support systems.

Osborn fits a stable, academically strong profile in an affluent suburban setting where most students come from established residential neighborhoods and families with the economic resources typical of Rye. The school's steady proficiency results and high participation in state testing suggest reliable, engaged instruction. A family considering Osborn should ask the school about class sizes, instructional philosophy, extracurricular and enrichment offerings, and how it supports students working above or below grade level, since those details fall outside this summary.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 385%

School 85% · District 84% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 487%

School 87% · District 85% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 19 pts above county median

Grade 594%

School 94% · District 89% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 386%

School 86% · District 90% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 491%

School 91% · District 89% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Grade 588%

School 88% · District 86% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 33 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Science

Grade 582%

School 82% · District 74% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 598%

School 98% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

This schoolRYE CITY 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-income87%21 pp gap

Mathematics

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