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William B Ward Elementary School

Public K-5

 311 Broadfield Rd
       New Rochelle, NY  10804-2499

(914) 576-4450

District: New Rochelle City School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
805th of 2,439 New York Elementary Schools


Students who attend William B Ward Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Albert Leonard Middle School
High:    New Rochelle High School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.0 Help
Number of students:  988

Racial breakdown:

White:
40.5%
Hispanic:
35.0%
African American:
16.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  32.7% Help


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Compare Details William B Ward Elementary School ranks better than 67% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 3rd among 6 ranked elementary schools in the New Rochelle City School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 64.6. (See more...)
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Compare Details William B Ward Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the New Rochelle City School District. Student population at William B Ward Elementary School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (40.5%), Hispanic (35%), African American (16.5%). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at William B Ward Elementary School is 15, which is the highest among 7 elementary schools in the New Rochelle City School District! (See more...)
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Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

William B Ward Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks William B Ward Elementary School 805th of 2439 New York public elementary schools. (See William B Ward Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Male students:
African American students:
Hispanic students:
White students:


New Rochelle City School District:

SchoolDigger ranks New Rochelle City School District 442nd of 866 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for William B Ward Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 71.64 668th 2206 69.7%
2007 72.89 629th 2219 71.7%
2008 67.92 819th 2227 63.2%
2009 75.03 508th 2257 77.5%
2010 65.39 850th 2263 62.4%
2011 69.56 706th 2286 69.1%
2012 69.56 724th 2320 68.8%
2013 74.40 499th 2325 78.5%
2014 71.97 588th 2345 74.9%
2015 70.61 644th 2352 72.6%
2016 67.38 710th 2366 70.0%
2017 68.98 695th 2386 70.9%
2018 64.29 829th 2395 65.4%
2019 69.82 672nd 2413 72.2%
2021 70.11 602nd 2201 72.6%
2022 67.05 737th 2434 69.7%
2023 64.60 805th 2439 67.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.56 418th 938 55.4%
2019 43.18 411th 860 52.2%
2021 41.04 259th 454 43.0%
2022 25.33 886th 1027 13.7%
2023 33.17 707th 1001 29.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.08 962nd 1941 50.4%
2019 68.52 310th 1859 83.3%
2021 41.96 550th 1044 47.3%
2022 48.43 829th 2031 59.2%
2023 52.05 716th 2016 64.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.64 873rd 2045 57.3%
2019 48.36 924th 2032 54.5%
2021 62.48 501st 1678 70.1%
2022 36.49 1344th 2099 36.0%
2023 37.45 1245th 2041 39.0%
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Rank History for Female students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.14 661st 2338 71.7%
2019 71.10 614th 2357 73.9%
2021 67.66 563rd 1955 71.2%
2022 62.53 835th 2401 65.2%
2023 61.91 841st 2403 65.0%
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Rank History for Male students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.12 942nd 2340 59.7%
2019 65.26 755th 2358 68.0%
2021 67.74 576th 1961 70.6%
2022 69.65 641st 2400 73.3%
2023 65.53 764th 2400 68.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.39 275th 601 54.2%
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Rank History for African American students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 59.85 307th 948 67.6%
2019 79.13 136th 891 84.7%
2021 69.28 88th 427 79.4%
2022 74.25 197th 936 79.0%
2023 65.50 233rd 857 72.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.04 397th 1392 71.5%
2019 56.84 478th 1315 63.7%
2021 69.85 194th 818 76.3%
2022 54.70 594th 1503 60.5%
2023 55.26 553rd 1429 61.3%
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Rank History for White students at William B Ward Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools NY State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.36 359th 1408 74.5%
2019 76.59 294th 1338 78.0%
2021 65.73 418th 1224 65.8%
2022 72.12 348th 1399 75.1%
2023 70.75 381st 1337 71.5%
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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.

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Enrollment information for William B Ward Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 508 187 31 26 0 n/a n/a 0 752
1990 528 193 48 30 0 n/a n/a 0 799
1991 542 200 40 53 0 n/a n/a 0 835
1992 537 227 37 55 0 n/a n/a 0 856
1993 537 209 38 60 0 n/a n/a 0 844
1994 563 231 41 68 1 n/a n/a 0 904
1995 521 249 28 71 1 n/a n/a 0 870
1996 521 249 28 71 1 n/a n/a 0 870
1997 536 257 25 81 0 n/a n/a 0 899
1998 572 243 27 106 0 n/a n/a 0 948
1999 539 262 40 114 0 n/a n/a 0 955
2000 512 286 41 145 0 n/a n/a 0 984
2001 515 271 51 169 0 n/a n/a 0 1006
2002 529 256 53 202 0 n/a n/a 0 1040
2003 529 256 53 202 0 n/a n/a 0 1040
2004 529 243 50 224 0 n/a n/a 0 1046
2005 513 247 49 226 0 n/a n/a 0 1035
2006 549 231 52 257 0 n/a n/a 0 1089
2007 513 260 51 288 0 n/a n/a 0 1112
2008 491 260 56 268 0 n/a n/a 0 1075
2009 460 255 57 285 0 n/a n/a 0 1057
2010 451 227 60 282 0 n/a n/a 0 1020
2011 451 230 55 273 0 0 2 0 1011
2012 435 216 62 288 0 0 2 0 1003
2013 422 213 57 302 0 2 3 0 999
2014 412 184 59 328 0 0 3 0 986
2015 427 177 56 348 0 0 5 0 1013
2016 434 174 59 356 1 0 7 0 1031
2017 431 200 56 342 1 1 9 0 1040
2018 458 187 56 343 1 2 10 0 1057
2019 439 204 57 321 2 1 11 0 1035
2020 459 194 49 318 2 1 16 0 1039
2021 409 186 43 301 3 1 14 0 957
2022 405 173 45 313 2 3 17 0 958
2023 400 163 46 346 2 3 27 1 988

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 William B Ward Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 752 43.9 17.1 n/a
1990 799 45.9 17.4 n/a
1991 835 48.0 17.3 n/a
1992 856 48.9 17.5 n/a
1993 844 49.5 17.1 n/a
1994 904 51.0 17.7 10.8
1995 870 49.0 17.8 12.8
1996 870 49.0 17.8 12.8
1997 899 48.0 18.7 12.5
1998 948 53.0 17.9 19.3
1999 955 57.2 16.7 23
2000 984 61.7 15.9 25.2
2001 1006 64.0 15.7 27.5
2002 1040 65.2 16.0 26.9
2003 1040 65.2 16.0 26.9
2004 1046 n/a n/a n/a
2005 1035 65.1 15.9 21.9
2006 1089 68.0 16.0 25.5
2007 1112 70.2 15.8 24.2
2008 1075 72.0 14.9 25.5
2009 1057 71.0 14.9 34.1
2010 1020 71.0 14.3 29.3
2011 1011 69.3 14.5 33.8
2012 1003 67.2 14.9 33.2
2013 999 64.5 15.4 29.2
2014 986 66.0 14.9 27.7
2015 1013 68.0 14.8 33.9
2016 1031 67.0 15.3 36.8
2017 1040 72.3 14.3 32.1
2018 1057 73.7 14.3 29.3
2019 1035 72.7 14.2 26.2
2020 1039 64.0 16.2 29.4
2021 957 67.4 14.1 30.6
2022 958 59.2 16.1 29.7
2023 988 65.8 15.0 32.7

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 William B Ward Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 752 43.9 17.1 n/a
1990 799 45.9 17.4 n/a
1991 835 48.0 17.3 n/a
1992 856 48.9 17.5 n/a
1993 844 49.5 17.1 n/a
1994 904 51.0 17.7 10.8
1995 870 49.0 17.8 12.8
1996 870 49.0 17.8 12.8
1997 899 48.0 18.7 12.5
1998 948 53.0 17.9 19.3
1999 955 57.2 16.7 23
2000 984 61.7 15.9 25.2
2001 1006 64.0 15.7 27.5
2002 1040 65.2 16.0 26.9
2003 1040 65.2 16.0 26.9
2004 1046 n/a n/a n/a
2005 1035 65.1 15.9 21.9
2006 1089 68.0 16.0 25.5
2007 1112 70.2 15.8 24.2
2008 1075 72.0 14.9 25.5
2009 1057 71.0 14.9 34.1
2010 1020 71.0 14.3 29.3
2011 1011 69.3 14.5 33.8
2012 1003 67.2 14.9 33.2
2013 999 64.5 15.4 29.2
2014 986 66.0 14.9 27.7
2015 1013 68.0 14.8 33.9
2016 1031 67.0 15.3 36.8
2017 1040 72.3 14.3 32.1
2018 1057 73.7 14.3 29.3
2019 1035 72.7 14.2 26.2
2020 1039 64.0 16.2 29.4
2021 957 67.4 14.1 30.6
2022 958 59.2 16.1 29.7
2023 988 65.8 15.0 32.7

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.

Immunization Rates

William B Ward Elementary School

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YearCompletely ImmunizedReligious ExemptionMedical ExemptionPolioMeaslesMumpsRubellaDiphtheriaHepatitis BVaricella
201399.9%0.1%0.0%99.9%99.9%99.9%99.9%99.9%99.9%99.9%
201499.8%0.1%0.1%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.8%
201599.3%0.2%0.0%99.6%99.8%99.8%99.8%99.6%99.5%99.7%
201699.3%0.4%0.0%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.6%99.5%99.4%99.5%
201798.9%0.6%0.0%99.2%99.3%99.3%99.3%99.0%99.2%99.2%
201899.2%0.5%0.0%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.5%99.4%99.3%
201999.0%0.0%0.0%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.1%99.0%99.1%
202099.9%0.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%100.0%99.9%99.9%

Data source: New York State Department of Health
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Per Pupil Expenditures for William B Ward Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $553 (3.2%) $16,528 (96.8%) $17,081
2020 $693 (4.6%) $14,446 (95.4%) $15,140
2021 $477 (2.7%) $16,911 (97.3%) $17,388
2022 $607 (3.1%) $18,835 (96.9%) $19,441
2023 $1,112 (5.6%) $18,750 (94.4%) $19,863

Data source: New York Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on William B Ward Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 672nd of 2413 Elementary schoolsRanks 805th of 2439 Elementary schools
 5.2%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
3rd Grade English Language Arts (William B Ward Elementary School)6143.2
 17.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New Rochelle City School District)5542.6
 12.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (New York)5244.9
 7.1%
3rd Grade Math (William B Ward Elementary School)6456.1
 7.9%
   3rd Grade Math (New Rochelle City School District)6254.7
 7.3%
   3rd Grade Math (New York)5453.7
 0.3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (William B Ward Elementary School)5753.2
 3.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New Rochelle City School District)5050.3
 0.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (New York)4848.8
 0.8%
4th Grade Math (William B Ward Elementary School)5463.5
 9.5%
   4th Grade Math (New Rochelle City School District)5459.2
 5.2%
   4th Grade Math (New York)5053.9
 3.8%
5th Grade English Language Arts (William B Ward Elementary School)5758.8
 1.8%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New Rochelle City School District)4149.6
 8.6%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (New York)3845.1
 7.1%
5th Grade Math (William B Ward Elementary School)6572.8
 7.8%
   5th Grade Math (New Rochelle City School District)5357
 4%
   5th Grade Math (New York)4649.7
 3.7%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students1035988
 4.5%
African American204163
 20.1%
American Indian22
Asian5746
 19.3%
Hispanic321346
 7.8%
Pacific Islander13
 200%
White439400
 8.9%
Two or More Races1127
 145.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients26.2%32.7%
 6.5%

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In the 2022-23 school year, 988 students attended William B Ward Elementary School.

William B Ward Elementary School ranks 805th of 2439 New York elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students who attend William B Ward Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Albert Leonard Middle School
High : New Rochelle High School

Students at William B Ward Elementary School are 40% White, 35% Hispanic, 16% African American, 5% Asian, 3% Two or more races.


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