Is Pelham Memorial High School a good school?

Yes. Pelham Memorial High School ranks in the top 6.6% of New York high schools.

How many students attend Pelham Memorial High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 860 students attended Pelham Memorial High School.

What is the racial makeup of Pelham Memorial High School?

Students at Pelham Memorial High School are 63% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% African American, 6% Two or more races, 5% Asian.

What schools feed into Pelham Memorial High School?

Pelham Memorial High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Colonial School Elementary : Hutchinson School Elementary : Prospect Hill School Elementary : Siwanoy School Middle : Pelham Middle School

Pelham Memorial High School

Summary:

Pelham Memorial High School is a public high school serving 875 students in grades 9-12 in Pelham, New York. The school is part of the Pelham Union Free School District, which is ranked 65 out of 865 districts in New York and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. Pelham Memorial High School has consistently been ranked among the top high schools in New York, with a current statewide ranking of 82 out of 1,242 high schools and a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pelham Memorial High School stands out for its exceptional academic performance, with students consistently outperforming the state and district averages on Regents/Common Core exams. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, the school had a 97.78% proficiency rate in Regents/Common Core English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 78.55%. The school also boasts impressive graduation rates, ranging from 84.3% to 100% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. Additionally, Pelham Memorial High School has lower chronic absenteeism rates compared to the state and district averages, indicating a high level of student engagement and attendance.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Mount Vernon High School and the schools in the New York City Geographic District #11, Pelham Memorial High School significantly outperforms them on various metrics, including test scores, graduation rates, and chronic absenteeism. This suggests that the school's focus on equity and resource allocation, with a per-student spending of $19,959 in 2022-2023, likely contribute to its continued success in providing a high-quality education for all its students.

Detail:

Public 9-12

575 Colonial Ave
Pelham, NY 10803-2257

(914) 738-8110

District: Pelham Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
82^nd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,959

Feeder schools for Pelham Memorial High School:

Elementary:	Colonial School
	Hutchinson School
	Prospect Hill School
	Siwanoy School
Middle:	Pelham Middle School

Student/teacher ratio: 11.8

Number of students: 860

Racial breakdown:

White:

63.3%

Hispanic:

18.0%

African American:

7.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 14%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Pelham Memorial High School ranks better than 93.4% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 82.26. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Pelham Memorial High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (63.3%), Hispanic (18%), African American (7.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 14% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Pelham Memorial High School is 11.8. (See more...)

Compare Pelham Memorial High School employs 72.8 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Pelham Memorial High School is $19,959.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Pelham Memorial High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Pelham Memorial High School 82^nd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Pelham Memorial High School in the ranking list.)

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Pelham Union Free School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Pelham Union Free School District 65^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Pelham Memorial High School

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Rank History for all students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	72.72	115^th	935	87.7%
2006	69.35	211^th	986	78.6%
2007	69.12	210^th	1002	79.0%
2008	66.71	304^th	1027	70.4%
2009	71.03	193^rd	1086	82.2%
2010	71.11	207^th	1117	81.5%
2011	72.04	206^th	1165	82.3%
2012	73.55	228^th	1198	81.0%
2013	75.49	185^th	1217	84.8%
2014	72.03	206^th	1237	83.3%
2015	70.81	207^th	1255	83.5%
2016	68.04	273^rd	1255	78.2%
2017	81.14	92^nd	1221	92.5%
2018	80.69	70^th	1210	94.2%
2019	80.64	83^rd	1207	93.1%
2022	79.79	116^th	1190	90.3%
2023	84.44	43^rd	1228	96.5%
2024	82.26	82^nd	1242	93.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	80.79	21^st	157	86.6%
2019	68.91	49^th	165	70.3%
2022	79.07	26^th	212	87.7%
2023	83.33	16^th	272	94.1%
2024	81.43	22^nd	306	92.8%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	93.68	16^th	583	97.3%
2024	79.01	58^th	637	90.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	81.21	131^st	1095	88.0%
2019	82.60	120^th	1132	89.4%
2022	86.76	67^th	1038	93.5%
2023	90.82	45^th	1130	96.0%
2024	83.56	106^th	1144	90.7%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.33	177^th	1154	84.7%
2019	67.82	262^nd	1179	77.8%
2022	73.39	137^th	1101	87.6%
2023	75.26	137^th	1155	88.1%
2024	65.52	290^th	1170	75.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	81.41	55^th	1176	95.3%
2019	79.23	119^th	1193	90.0%
2022	79.54	122^nd	1155	89.4%
2023	84.88	41^st	1197	96.6%
2024	80.91	105^th	1219	91.4%

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Rank History for Male students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	81.21	53^rd	1176	95.5%
2019	80.18	80^th	1190	93.3%
2022	78.18	127^th	1154	89.0%
2023	83.34	58^th	1191	95.1%
2024	82.51	71^st	1211	94.1%

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Rank History for Asian students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.67	26^th	426	93.9%
2019	79.41	6^th	447	98.7%
2022	71.94	103^rd	386	73.3%
2023	75.63	69^th	424	83.7%
2024	73.64	85^th	426	80.0%

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Rank History for African American students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	68.19	158^th	679	76.7%
2019	67.96	167^th	686	75.7%
2022	69.08	137^th	593	76.9%
2023	84.38	53^rd	671	92.1%
2024	83.36	62^nd	690	91.0%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	84.02	58^th	791	92.7%
2019	86.53	36^th	815	95.6%
2022	83.43	58^th	760	92.4%
2023	84.89	50^th	851	94.1%
2024	80.66	93^rd	865	89.2%

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Rank History for White students at Pelham Memorial High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	78.94	37^th	765	95.2%
2019	75.67	71^st	793	91.0%
2022	73.53	99^th	738	86.6%
2023	80.19	38^th	776	95.1%
2024	77.59	54^th	781	93.1%

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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 Pelham Memorial High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	449	31	22	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	510
1990	451	21	22	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	506
1991	437	15	14	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	474
1992	405	31	21	20	1	n/a	n/a	0	478
1993	393	30	31	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	471
1994	352	41	31	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	447
1995	378	46	34	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	483
1996	378	46	34	25	0	n/a	n/a	0	483
1997	370	47	47	23	1	n/a	n/a	0	488
1998	400	41	48	22	0	n/a	n/a	0	511
1999	415	39	45	26	0	n/a	n/a	0	525
2000	427	47	48	29	0	n/a	n/a	0	551
2001	452	53	39	32	0	n/a	n/a	0	576
2002	508	58	42	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	650
2003	508	58	42	42	0	n/a	n/a	0	650
2004	535	60	41	54	0	n/a	n/a	0	690
2005	557	54	50	55	0	n/a	n/a	0	716
2006	572	55	56	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	731
2007	583	63	49	58	0	n/a	n/a	0	753
2008	570	52	48	60	1	n/a	n/a	0	731
2009	582	56	46	72	0	n/a	n/a	1	757
2010	572	64	46	86	0	n/a	n/a	3	771
2011	542	61	48	129	2	0	34	0	816
2012	560	63	41	147	1	1	35	0	848
2013	564	57	41	143	2	0	29	0	836
2014	583	64	41	129	1	0	32	0	850
2015	570	58	32	147	1	0	33	0	841
2016	580	61	32	160	0	0	29	0	862
2017	588	58	40	162	0	0	39	0	887
2018	586	54	43	169	1	1	38	0	892
2019	608	44	49	153	1	2	52	0	909
2020	605	46	52	149	1	2	52	0	907
2021	588	58	48	150	0	2	58	0	904
2022	595	55	51	167	0	1	54	1	924
2023	574	56	47	154	0	0	43	1	875
2024	544	62	47	155	0	0	52	0	860

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 Pelham Memorial High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	510	36.9	13.8	n/a
1990	506	28.8	17.5	n/a
1991	474	35.4	13.3	n/a
1992	478	41.2	11.6	n/a
1993	471	28.8	16.4	n/a
1994	447	23.4	19.1	0.4
1995	483	23.1	20.9	5
1996	483	23.1	20.9	5
1997	488	24.9	19.6	6.8
1998	511	27.6	18.5	2.5
1999	525	31.7	16.6	7.4
2000	551	35.1	15.7	3.6
2001	576	42.8	13.5	4
2002	650	44.1	14.7	3.7
2003	650	44.1	14.7	3.7
2004	690	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	716	49.6	14.4	3.2
2006	731	50.0	14.6	6.3
2007	753	52.2	14.4	6.8
2008	731	57.3	12.8	6.2
2009	757	61.9	12.2	3.8
2010	771	58.9	13.0	6.4
2011	816	64.2	12.6	4.5
2012	848	62.5	13.5	6.5
2013	836	61.5	13.5	5.4
2014	850	60.6	14.0	10.8
2015	841	63.0	13.3	12.6
2016	862	60.0	14.3	13
2017	887	60.0	14.7	11.5
2018	892	61.0	14.6	10.2
2019	909	58.0	15.6	10.6
2020	907	84.0	10.7	9.5
2021	904	71.3	12.6	11.1
2022	924	72.5	12.7	12.1
2023	875	75.2	11.6	14.5
2024	860	72.8	11.8	14

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 Pelham Memorial High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	510	36.9	13.8	n/a
1990	506	28.8	17.5	n/a
1991	474	35.4	13.3	n/a
1992	478	41.2	11.6	n/a
1993	471	28.8	16.4	n/a
1994	447	23.4	19.1	0.4
1995	483	23.1	20.9	5
1996	483	23.1	20.9	5
1997	488	24.9	19.6	6.8
1998	511	27.6	18.5	2.5
1999	525	31.7	16.6	7.4
2000	551	35.1	15.7	3.6
2001	576	42.8	13.5	4
2002	650	44.1	14.7	3.7
2003	650	44.1	14.7	3.7
2004	690	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	716	49.6	14.4	3.2
2006	731	50.0	14.6	6.3
2007	753	52.2	14.4	6.8
2008	731	57.3	12.8	6.2
2009	757	61.9	12.2	3.8
2010	771	58.9	13.0	6.4
2011	816	64.2	12.6	4.5
2012	848	62.5	13.5	6.5
2013	836	61.5	13.5	5.4
2014	850	60.6	14.0	10.8
2015	841	63.0	13.3	12.6
2016	862	60.0	14.3	13
2017	887	60.0	14.7	11.5
2018	892	61.0	14.6	10.2
2019	909	58.0	15.6	10.6
2020	907	84.0	10.7	9.5
2021	904	71.3	12.6	11.1
2022	924	72.5	12.7	12.1
2023	875	75.2	11.6	14.5
2024	860	72.8	11.8	14

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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