Samuel J Preston School
West Harrison, NY · Elementary School
Samuel J Preston School is a elementary school in West Harrison, NY with 348 students enrolled and a 66% proficiency rate. Part of Harrison Central School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Samuel J Preston School is a elementary school located in West Harrison, New York. The school serves 348 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 66% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
27% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Samuel J Preston School is part of the Harrison Central School District in New York.
How This School Compares
Samuel J Preston School has 348 students enrolled, making it smaller than the average school in Harrison Central School District (604 students). Its 66% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 63%. Compared to the New York state average of 47%, the school performs 19 points higher. With a 9.9:1 student-teacher ratio, it offers smaller class sizes than the national average.
Frequently Asked Questions
Samuel J Preston School has 348 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 9.9:1.
According to EDFacts data, 66% of students at Samuel J Preston School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Samuel J Preston School is part of the Harrison Central School District in West Harrison, New York. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
The this entity record above pulls directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts. What follows is the per-entity context — how this entity sits in the broader U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment distribution and which underlying factors drive the headline numbers.
The methodology behind every numeric value on this page is publicly documented on the NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts portal and described in detail on this site’s methodology page. Refresh cadence varies by underlying series; the page surfaces the as-of date for each number so readers can trace any figure back to the source release.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.