Quaker Ridge School, Scarsdale NY

Original Research by School Decision on Quaker Ridge School

Quaker Ridge School is a public elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade in Scarsdale, a built-out residential village in Westchester County where single-family homes sit on large lots across five distinct neighborhoods. The school enrolls a school-sized population across all six grade levels, with a student body that is majority white, followed by a substantial Asian population, and smaller shares of Hispanic, multiracial, and Black students. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available; data on students with IEPs and English learners was also not available.

The school's academic standing is straightforward. In state testing across grades three through five, math proficiency runs high: third grade achieves near-universal proficiency, fourth and fifth grades both perform solidly above that floor. ELA proficiency is slightly lower in fourth grade than in the other grades tested, while fifth-grade science proficiency trails the ELA and math results, though still in the high range. Testing participation rates exceed ninety-seven percent across all subjects. Relative to districts across Westchester County, Quaker Ridge's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile. This is a school where the typical student reaches proficiency.

The broader context shapes what Quaker Ridge means for a family. Scarsdale is an affluent community with housing costs well above state and national medians, and the school district itself recently passed a substantial capital bond for building renovations, estimated to add a lasting annual cost to property taxes. The district made a curriculum change at the elementary level in 2022-23, replacing Primary Math with Reveal Math, which drew sustained parent feedback through 2025. At the high school level, the district has moved to a rolling gradebook and added real-time online access to grades. These changes reflect the district's active engagement with pedagogical approach and transparency, though a parent may want to understand how those shifts affect their elementary student's learning and grading experience.

Quaker Ridge sits in one of five neighborhood elementary schools in the district, meaning it draws from its local residential area. The school building itself is now subject to the district's multi-year capital renovation plan. The village of Scarsdale offers the standard suburban amenities: neighborhood parks, a renovated library with active programming, a farmers market, and proximity to the Scarsdale Metro-North station on the Harlem Line. The downtown commercial district, near the station, has faced retail closures and is undergoing a revitalization effort. Most daily life outside the compact village center requires a car, despite the presence of a few genuinely walkable blocks near East Parkway.

This is a school in a high-cost suburb where students consistently reach grade-level proficiency and where the district is actively engaged in curriculum and grading reform. Whether that school and community fit depends on a family's commitment to the cost, comfort with the district's current pedagogical direction, and preference for a suburban, neighborhood-school setting in an economically homogeneous place.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 397%

School 97% · District 93% · ▲ 4 pts above district

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

Grade 490%

School 90% · District 93% · ▼ 3 pts below district

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

Grade 591%

School 91% · District 94% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▲ 40 pts above state median · ▲ 32 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 394%

School 94% · District 94%

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

Grade 487%

School 87% · District 93% · ▼ 6 pts below district

▲ 34 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 593%

School 93% · District 95% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Science

Grade 586%

School 86% · District 91% · ▼ 5 pts below district

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

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · district not reported

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

This schoolSCARSDALE 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.