Is Springhurst Elementary School a good school?

Springhurst Elementary School ranks 255 th of 2445 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Springhurst Elementary School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 709 students attended Springhurst Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Springhurst Elementary School?

Students at Springhurst Elementary School are 63% White, 19% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 6% Asian, 4% African American.

What schools do graduates of Springhurst Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Springhurst Elementary School usually go on to attend: Middle : Dobbs Ferry Middle School High : Dobbs Ferry High School

Springhurst Elementary School

Summary:

Springhurst Elementary School is a public elementary school located in Dobbs Ferry, New York, serving 695 students in grades K-5. The school is part of the Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District, which is ranked 74 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Springhurst Elementary School consistently performs well on state assessments, with a high percentage of students proficient or better in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, 76.86% of 3rd graders, 65.93% of 4th graders, and 70% of 5th graders were proficient or better in ELA, significantly outperforming the state average. In Math, 75.83% of 3rd graders, 77.1% of 4th graders, and 80.39% of 5th graders were proficient or better, again exceeding the state average. The school has maintained a strong statewide ranking, placing in the top 10-20% of New York elementary schools in recent years, and has demonstrated consistent high performance across various student subgroups. Compared to nearby schools like School 29 and School 22 in the Yonkers City School District, Springhurst Elementary School outperforms them in academic achievement, statewide ranking, and student group performance.

The relatively low percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch at Springhurst Elementary School, ranging from 11.29% to 12.66% in recent years, suggests a higher socioeconomic status of the student population compared to other schools in the area. This could be a contributing factor to the school's strong academic performance. However, while Springhurst Elementary School performs well overall, there are some disparities in the performance of certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and English Language Learner students, indicating a need to further examine and address any equity gaps within the school.

Detail:

Public K-5

175 Walgrove Ave
Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522-1118

(914) 693-1503

District: Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
255^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $21,536

Students who attend Springhurst Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:	Dobbs Ferry Middle School
High:	Dobbs Ferry High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.0

Number of students: 709

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.2%

Hispanic:

19.0%

Two or more races:

8.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 9.3%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Springhurst Elementary School ranks better than 89.6% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 87.71. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (63.2%), Hispanic (19%), two or more races (8.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 9.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Springhurst Elementary School is 10. (See more...)

Compare Springhurst Elementary School employs 70.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Springhurst Elementary School is $21,536.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Springhurst Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Springhurst Elementary School 255^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Springhurst Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District 74^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Springhurst Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	78.79	364^th	2206	83.5%
2007	77.74	419^th	2219	81.1%
2008	73.70	589^th	2227	73.6%
2009	71.79	642^nd	2257	71.6%
2010	76.80	460^th	2263	79.7%
2011	82.79	299^th	2286	86.9%
2012	80.62	373^rd	2320	83.9%
2013	86.97	216^th	2325	90.7%
2014	79.15	400^th	2345	82.9%
2015	83.84	298^th	2352	87.3%
2016	77.45	459^th	2366	80.6%
2017	80.38	390^th	2386	83.7%
2018	81.24	367^th	2395	84.7%
2019	79.47	433^rd	2413	82.1%
2021	74.53	491^st	2201	77.7%
2022	88.35	229^th	2434	90.6%
2023	85.82	319^th	2439	86.9%
2024	87.71	255^th	2445	89.6%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	85.89	27^th	202	86.6%
2019	84.15	24^th	180	86.7%
2021	80.99	35^th	143	75.5%
2022	86.53	42^nd	289	85.5%
2023	86.16	40^th	223	82.1%
2024	75.32	81^st	279	71.0%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	36.62	613^th	938	34.6%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	49.82	761^st	1941	60.8%
2019	47.76	758^th	1859	59.2%
2021	45.19	500^th	1044	52.1%
2022	46.45	895^th	2031	55.9%
2023	62.11	507^th	2016	74.9%
2024	64.36	488^th	2110	76.9%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	65.96	527^th	2045	74.2%
2019	52.10	820^th	2032	59.6%
2021	60.73	548^th	1678	67.3%
2022	51.85	863^rd	2099	58.9%
2023	36.20	1278^th	2041	37.4%
2024	35.29	1339^th	2078	35.6%

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Rank History for Female students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	79.38	382^nd	2338	83.7%
2019	81.42	368^th	2357	84.4%
2021	69.69	518^th	1955	73.5%
2022	87.00	243^rd	2401	89.9%
2023	85.08	315^th	2403	86.9%
2024	89.57	184^th	2413	92.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	80.73	344^th	2340	85.3%
2019	75.71	490^th	2358	79.2%
2021	73.54	455^th	1961	76.8%
2022	87.44	221^st	2400	90.8%
2023	84.21	313^th	2400	87.0%
2024	82.92	334^th	2411	86.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	51.16	349^th	601	41.9%
2021	65.69	152^nd	430	64.7%

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Rank History for African American students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	63.81	268^th	948	71.7%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	66.35	380^th	1392	72.7%
2019	49.65	581^st	1315	55.8%
2021	54.02	337^th	818	58.8%
2022	64.74	435^th	1503	71.1%
2023	61.48	451^st	1429	68.4%
2024	60.91	464^th	1531	69.7%

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Rank History for White students at Springhurst Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	75.30	280^th	1408	80.1%
2019	77.56	280^th	1338	79.1%
2021	67.47	397^th	1224	67.6%
2022	81.96	178^th	1399	87.3%
2023	81.26	210^th	1337	84.3%
2024	87.48	116^th	1392	91.7%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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by a parent
Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Springhurst is a really caring school in a caring village. The teachers and staff are warm and welcoming and my son is happy there. I wish the classrooms could be smaller and that foreign language was offered starting in Kindergarten but overall I'm very pleased with our experience. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Springhurst Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	416	18	62	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	515
1990	440	20	69	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	548
1991	463	39	57	21	0	n/a	n/a	0	580
1992	486	24	70	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	603
1993	395	15	57	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	490
1994	428	24	44	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	515
1995	472	22	43	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
1996	472	22	43	30	0	n/a	n/a	0	567
1997	479	22	56	30	1	n/a	n/a	0	588
1998	520	24	56	29	3	n/a	n/a	0	632
1999	496	26	55	29	1	n/a	n/a	0	607
2000	506	31	51	35	0	n/a	n/a	0	623
2001	487	30	57	24	3	n/a	n/a	0	601
2002	423	22	66	41	1	n/a	n/a	0	553
2003	423	22	66	41	1	n/a	n/a	0	553
2004	512	31	65	50	3	n/a	n/a	0	661
2005	479	26	66	56	1	n/a	n/a	0	628
2006	490	26	70	44	1	n/a	n/a	0	631
2007	506	34	58	57	0	n/a	n/a	2	657
2008	479	31	51	68	1	n/a	n/a	20	650
2009	489	32	52	68	1	n/a	n/a	19	661
2010	496	36	47	60	0	n/a	n/a	26	665
2011	484	28	51	85	1	0	33	0	682
2012	468	30	46	89	0	3	36	0	672
2013	481	23	51	101	0	3	30	0	689
2014	455	21	54	116	0	0	37	0	683
2015	444	23	58	126	0	0	35	0	686
2016	434	24	62	125	0	0	43	0	688
2017	450	26	56	112	0	2	52	0	698
2018	420	21	58	116	0	0	56	0	671
2019	412	20	50	126	0	0	64	0	672
2020	464	19	56	127	0	1	54	0	721
2021	447	22	51	129	0	1	50	0	700
2022	467	21	40	116	0	1	59	0	704
2023	432	24	42	137	0	0	60	0	695
2024	448	26	40	135	0	0	60	0	709

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Springhurst Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	515	35.5	14.5	n/a
1990	548	36.9	14.8	n/a
1991	580	38.6	15.0	n/a
1992	603	38.7	15.5	n/a
1993	490	30.5	16.1	n/a
1994	515	31.0	16.6	6
1995	567	36.2	15.7	8.5
1996	567	36.2	15.7	8.5
1997	588	39.1	15.0	7
1998	632	40.6	15.6	5.5
1999	607	42.8	14.2	4.3
2000	623	44.1	14.1	9.5
2001	601	47.8	12.6	9
2002	553	44.8	12.3	8.9
2003	553	44.8	12.3	8.9
2004	661	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	628	53.2	11.8	11.3
2006	631	53.0	11.9	10.6
2007	657	53.2	12.3	11.8
2008	650	53.7	12.1	11.3
2009	661	55.4	11.9	9.2
2010	665	56.6	11.7	10.3
2011	682	66.0	10.3	10.7
2012	672	56.1	11.9	12.9
2013	689	58.6	11.7	11
2014	683	61.2	11.1	12.2
2015	686	61.0	11.2	15
2016	688	63.0	10.9	13.8
2017	698	63.0	11.0	14.6
2018	671	66.6	10.0	15.4
2019	672	65.3	10.2	14.1
2020	721	57.8	12.4	10.1
2021	700	61.7	11.3	11.3
2022	704	69.8	10.0	11.5
2023	695	65.6	10.5	12.7
2024	709	70.2	10.0	9.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Springhurst Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	515	35.5	14.5	n/a
1990	548	36.9	14.8	n/a
1991	580	38.6	15.0	n/a
1992	603	38.7	15.5	n/a
1993	490	30.5	16.1	n/a
1994	515	31.0	16.6	6
1995	567	36.2	15.7	8.5
1996	567	36.2	15.7	8.5
1997	588	39.1	15.0	7
1998	632	40.6	15.6	5.5
1999	607	42.8	14.2	4.3
2000	623	44.1	14.1	9.5
2001	601	47.8	12.6	9
2002	553	44.8	12.3	8.9
2003	553	44.8	12.3	8.9
2004	661	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	628	53.2	11.8	11.3
2006	631	53.0	11.9	10.6
2007	657	53.2	12.3	11.8
2008	650	53.7	12.1	11.3
2009	661	55.4	11.9	9.2
2010	665	56.6	11.7	10.3
2011	682	66.0	10.3	10.7
2012	672	56.1	11.9	12.9
2013	689	58.6	11.7	11
2014	683	61.2	11.1	12.2
2015	686	61.0	11.2	15
2016	688	63.0	10.9	13.8
2017	698	63.0	11.0	14.6
2018	671	66.6	10.0	15.4
2019	672	65.3	10.2	14.1
2020	721	57.8	12.4	10.1
2021	700	61.7	11.3	11.3
2022	704	69.8	10.0	11.5
2023	695	65.6	10.5	12.7
2024	709	70.2	10.0	9.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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