Is Cecil H Parker School a good school?

Cecil H Parker School ranks in the bottom 18.2% of New York elementary schools.

How many students attend Cecil H Parker School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 272 students attended Cecil H Parker School.

What is the racial makeup of Cecil H Parker School?

Students at Cecil H Parker School are 76% African American, 17% Hispanic, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Cecil H Parker School attend?

Students who attend Cecil H Parker School usually go on to attend: Elementary : Benjamin Turner Middle School High : Denzel Washington School-Arts High : Mount Vernon High School

Cecil H Parker School

Summary:

Cecil H Parker School is an elementary school located in Mount Vernon, New York, serving grades PK-8 with 256 students. The school is part of the Mount Vernon School District, which is ranked 644 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Unfortunately, Cecil H Parker School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of New York elementary schools over the past 10 years, with a ranking between 1741 and 2287 out of around 2,400 schools.

The school's academic performance is a significant concern, as it consistently underperforms compared to the Mount Vernon School District and the state of New York in English Language Arts (ELA) and Math proficiency across all grade levels. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school's 3rd grade ELA proficiency was 33.33%, compared to the district's 34.75% and the state's 42.6%. Similarly, the school's 3rd grade Math proficiency was 38.71%, compared to the district's 44.71% and the state's 53.93%. The school's performance is particularly low in 5th and 6th grade ELA and Math, where proficiency rates are often below 20%. Interestingly, the school performs better for its African American student population compared to its overall student body, but it struggles significantly with other student subgroups, such as Special Education, Low Socioeconomic Status, and Homeless students.

Despite the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio and higher per-student spending compared to nearby schools in the Mount Vernon School District, such as Grimes School and Graham School, its academic performance remains significantly below the district and state averages. This suggests that the resources may not be effectively utilized or targeted to address the school's specific needs, and there may be factors within the school that are contributing to its relatively lower performance compared to other schools in the same district.

Detail:

Public PK, KG-8

461 S 6th Ave
Mount Vernon, NY 10550-4497

(914) 665-5040

District: Mount Vernon School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2000^th of 2,445 New York Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $23,647

Students who attend Cecil H Parker School usually attend:

Elementary:	Benjamin Turner Middle School
High:	Denzel Washington School-Arts
	Mount Vernon High School

Student/teacher ratio: 10.3

Number of students: 272

Racial breakdown:

African American:

75.7%

Hispanic:

17.3%

Asian:

3.3%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 63.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Cecil H Parker School ranks worse than 81.8% of elementary schools in New York. It also ranks 11^th among 12 ranked elementary schools in the Mount Vernon School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 22.06. (See more...)

Compare Details Cecil H Parker School ranks worse than 88.5% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.94. (See more...)

Student Body

Compare Details Cecil H Parker School has the smallest elementary school student body size in the Mount Vernon School District. Racial makeup is: African American (75.7%), Hispanic (17.3%), Asian (3.3%). (See more...)

Compare Details 63.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Cecil H Parker School is 10.3, which is the 5^th best among 12 elementary schools in the Mount Vernon School District. (See more...)

Compare Cecil H Parker School employs 26.2 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Cecil H Parker School is $23,647, which is the 2^nd highest among 12 elementary schools in the Mount Vernon School District.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Cecil H Parker School:

SchoolDigger ranks Cecil H Parker School 2000^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Cecil H Parker School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Cecil H Parker School 1331^st of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Cecil H Parker School in the ranking list.)

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Mount Vernon School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Mount Vernon School District 644^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Cecil H Parker School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	67.81	819^th	2206	62.9%
2007	64.08	960^th	2219	56.7%
2008	65.40	904^th	2227	59.4%
2009	66.91	838^th	2257	62.9%
2010	38.43	1574^th	2263	30.4%
2011	35.81	1613^th	2286	29.4%
2012	24.63	1869^th	2320	19.4%
2013	21.69	1933^rd	2325	16.9%
2014	12.32	2160^th	2345	7.9%
2015	16.68	2048^th	2352	12.9%
2016	20.69	1978^th	2366	16.4%
2017	29.69	1741^st	2386	27.0%
2018	29.63	1765^th	2395	26.3%
2019	22.18	1941^st	2413	19.6%
2021	13.15	1992^nd	2201	9.5%
2022	11.08	2287^th	2434	6.0%
2023	24.13	1917^th	2439	21.4%
2024	22.06	2000^th	2445	18.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	37.82	1168^th	1941	39.8%
2019	45.61	826^th	1859	55.6%
2022	20.25	1917^th	2031	5.6%
2023	33.12	1336^th	2016	33.7%
2024	23.94	1812^th	2110	14.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	30.19	1474^th	2032	27.5%
2021	25.69	1381^st	1678	17.7%
2023	44.41	1057^th	2041	48.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Homeless students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	48.48	330^th	730	54.8%
2019	26.76	483^rd	570	15.3%
2022	14.86	597^th	622	4.0%
2024	17.80	711^th	766	7.2%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.56	1624^th	2338	30.5%
2019	29.28	1730^th	2357	26.6%
2021	17.48	1708^th	1955	12.6%
2022	15.66	2170^th	2401	9.6%
2023	26.12	1854^th	2403	22.8%
2024	22.93	1962^nd	2413	18.7%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	26.95	1841^st	2340	21.3%
2019	19.08	2007^th	2358	14.9%
2021	10.16	1847^th	1961	5.8%
2022	10.41	2289^th	2400	4.6%
2023	25.72	1854^th	2400	22.8%
2024	24.77	1911^th	2411	20.7%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.78	434^th	948	54.2%
2019	41.03	489^th	891	45.1%
2021	35.76	274^th	427	35.8%
2022	28.20	701^st	936	25.1%
2023	50.30	380^th	857	55.7%
2024	38.44	551^st	927	40.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	50.56	569^th	1315	56.7%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	15.84	1292^nd	1439	10.2%
2021	17.33	1111^th	1242	10.5%
2022	10.73	1412^th	1479	4.5%
2023	20.64	1283^rd	1500	14.5%
2024	17.94	1331^st	1504	11.5%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	29.13	1024^th	1283	20.2%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.53	1057^th	1288	17.9%

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Rank History for middle school Homeless students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	22.14	437^th	487	10.3%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	14.01	1274^th	1370	7.0%
2021	20.10	938^th	1066	12.0%
2022	14.67	1333^rd	1454	8.3%
2023	27.96	1132^nd	1463	22.6%
2024	19.99	1283^rd	1465	12.4%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	21.27	1145^th	1366	16.2%
2021	27.92	819^th	1071	23.5%
2022	11.46	1389^th	1455	4.5%
2023	20.71	1265^th	1464	13.6%
2024	9.52	1418^th	1464	3.1%

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Rank History for middle school African American students at Cecil H Parker School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	15.97	656^th	706	7.1%
2024	22.07	597^th	705	15.3%

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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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Enrollment information for Cecil H Parker School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	0	600	0	8	0	n/a	n/a	608
1990	2	605	5	6	0	n/a	n/a	618
1991	2	608	0	12	0	n/a	n/a	622
1992	2	603	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	610
1993	4	640	0	3	0	n/a	n/a	647
1994	2	640	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	643
1995	0	608	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	613
1996	0	608	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	613
1997	0	574	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	574
1998	0	551	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	555
1999	0	570	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	574
2000	0	564	2	2	1	n/a	n/a	569
2001	0	515	0	4	0	n/a	n/a	519
2002	0	474	1	6	0	n/a	n/a	481
2003	0	474	1	6	0	n/a	n/a	481
2004	0	442	0	6	0	n/a	n/a	448
2005	0	445	0	9	1	n/a	n/a	455
2006	2	436	0	11	0	n/a	n/a	449
2007	0	420	3	5	0	n/a	n/a	428
2008	0	366	5	7	0	n/a	n/a	378
2009	1	359	7	8	0	n/a	n/a	375
2010	0	337	11	9	0	n/a	n/a	357
2011	1	324	7	0	1	0	0	333
2012	3	289	9	7	1	0	0	309
2013	2	269	7	12	2	0	1	293
2014	5	277	10	20	2	0	2	316
2015	3	259	5	16	2	0	4	289
2016	2	275	5	24	3	0	3	312
2017	2	247	6	29	3	0	2	289
2018	2	269	5	36	1	0	2	315
2019	2	268	5	59	2	0	3	339
2020	2	289	8	58	2	1	2	362
2021	1	256	6	42	3	1	1	310
2022	0	227	7	40	3	1	1	279
2023	0	200	7	45	2	0	2	256
2024	2	206	9	47	2	1	5	272

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 Cecil H Parker School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	608	30.0	20.2	n/a
1990	618	36.0	17.1	n/a
1991	622	32.5	19.1	n/a
1992	610	35.0	17.4	n/a
1993	647	36.0	18.0	n/a
1994	643	34.0	18.9	37.3
1995	613	39.0	15.7	56.6
1996	613	39.0	15.7	56.6
1997	574	38.0	15.1	64.1
1998	555	36.0	15.4	56
1999	574	37.1	15.5	77.5
2000	569	34.0	16.7	73.6
2001	519	36.0	14.4	77.3
2002	481	29.1	16.5	81.9
2003	481	29.1	16.5	81.9
2004	448	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	455	33.2	13.7	85.1
2006	449	32.0	14.0	77.5
2007	428	29.0	14.8	97.4
2008	378	31.0	12.2	84.7
2009	375	34.0	11.0	72
2010	357	31.0	11.5	89.1
2011	333	31.5	10.5	96.7
2012	309	27.0	11.4	99
2013	293	27.0	10.8	86.3
2014	316	28.0	11.2	68
2015	289	23.0	12.5	83.4
2016	312	24.0	13.0	79.5
2017	289	21.9	13.1	85.8
2018	315	19.0	16.5	86
2019	339	25.0	13.5	81.1
2020	362	34.0	10.6	77.9
2021	310	33.1	9.3	89
2022	279	29.3	9.5	86
2023	256	26.5	9.6	80.5
2024	272	26.2	10.3	63.6

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 Cecil H Parker School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	608	30.0	20.2	n/a
1990	618	36.0	17.1	n/a
1991	622	32.5	19.1	n/a
1992	610	35.0	17.4	n/a
1993	647	36.0	18.0	n/a
1994	643	34.0	18.9	37.3
1995	613	39.0	15.7	56.6
1996	613	39.0	15.7	56.6
1997	574	38.0	15.1	64.1
1998	555	36.0	15.4	56
1999	574	37.1	15.5	77.5
2000	569	34.0	16.7	73.6
2001	519	36.0	14.4	77.3
2002	481	29.1	16.5	81.9
2003	481	29.1	16.5	81.9
2004	448	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	455	33.2	13.7	85.1
2006	449	32.0	14.0	77.5
2007	428	29.0	14.8	97.4
2008	378	31.0	12.2	84.7
2009	375	34.0	11.0	72
2010	357	31.0	11.5	89.1
2011	333	31.5	10.5	96.7
2012	309	27.0	11.4	99
2013	293	27.0	10.8	86.3
2014	316	28.0	11.2	68
2015	289	23.0	12.5	83.4
2016	312	24.0	13.0	79.5
2017	289	21.9	13.1	85.8
2018	315	19.0	16.5	86
2019	339	25.0	13.5	81.1
2020	362	34.0	10.6	77.9
2021	310	33.1	9.3	89
2022	279	29.3	9.5	86
2023	256	26.5	9.6	80.5
2024	272	26.2	10.3	63.6

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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