📍 20 Fairway Ave, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, 10552
Pennington School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Mount Vernon, Westchester County. The school has 426 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mount Vernon School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Pennington School enrolls 426 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 50% Black or African American, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 17% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 213 | 50% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 121 | 28% |
| White | 73 | 17% |
| Asian | 16 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
193 of the school's 426 students (45%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 193 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Pennington School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 34, state house district 89.
Pennington School is one of 16 schools in MOUNT VERNON SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in MOUNT VERNON, New York. The district serves 6,815 students district-wide and employs 572 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 426 students, Pennington School is close to the district average of about 426 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large