Greenacres School

Greenacres School serves 347 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Scarsdale, New York. As a regular public elementary school, it earns a composite score of 9.0 out of 10 — an Exceptional rating that places it 81st among 4,739 public schools statewide. Greenacres outperforms 98% of New York schools, a distinction that holds across every dimension of the rating system.

Academic performance anchors the score. The academic subscale reaches 9.3 out of 10, reflecting strong measured outcomes across the elementary grades. Growth — tracking how much students advance relative to peers who start at the same baseline — scores 8.6, signaling that the school actively accelerates learning rather than simply coasting on an advantaged student population.

A student-teacher ratio of 11.6 to 1 keeps class sizes tight, sustaining consistent individual attention from kindergarten through fifth grade. Greenacres ranks first among the 12 public schools in Scarsdale and 65th among 2,549 elementary schools across New York State. For families comparing elementary options in the district, the performance data points consistently in one direction.