The top reported proficiency rate is 0% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on W L Morse School
W L Morse School is a small early-grades building, kindergarten through second grade, located in Sleepy Hollow in Westchester County. The school has an enrollment typical for that grade span, with roughly equal distributions across first and second grades. Nearly half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a working-family population.
The student body is majority Hispanic, with a substantial white enrollment, a small Asian population, and smaller numbers of Black and multiracial students. The school serves relatively few students identified as having special needs or as English learners, though complete counts are not available in the data.
No state test results are available for this school. New York tests students beginning in third grade, so W L Morse, which serves only grades one and two, falls outside the state accountability system. This absence reflects the grade span, not school performance. For families making the elementary choice, this means state proficiency data will not inform decisions about the school's early-literacy and numeracy instruction. A parent may want to ask the school directly about how it assesses reading and math in the early grades, what instructional approaches it uses, and how it reports progress to families.
The school sits in a housing market with moderate recent appreciation. The median home value in the local zip code has moved upward, and rental costs are rising but remain somewhat below the county median. The affordability picture shows that renting is significantly more feasible than buying for most families; monthly rent is substantially less than estimated mortgage payments. Westchester County's overall housing supply has expanded modestly in recent months, and the median time homes spend on the market has shortened.
The Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns, which operates W L Morse, is undertaking a major capital improvement program. Voters approved a substantial bond in December 2023 that includes a four-story addition to W L Morse itself, part of a broader modernization of the elementary buildings. Many classrooms in the existing structure are undersized by state standards, and the new construction is intended to enlarge them and add capacity. This is a multi-year project that will reshape the physical building a family's child will attend. The bond carries defined property-tax increases that will accumulate through the end of the decade, adding measurably to homeowner tax bills on top of the district's regular annual budget increases. The district has been increasing its operating budget and tax levy in the mid-single-digit percentage range in recent years.
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