YORKTOWN HEIGHTS vs. YORKTOWN

[hifromrio]

I am trying to figure out the school systems as I am looking up properties on line and am having difficultly.

Yorktown town site lists 4 unique school districts affecting the town:
1 Croton-Harmon SD
2 Lakeland Central SD
3 Ossining Union Free SD
4 Yorktown Central SD

The town website also lists 5 business districts. I added the zips I looked up on USPS

1.) Shrub Oak 10588
2.) Mohegan Lake 10547
3.) Jefferson Valley 10535
4.) Crompond 10517 (PO Box Only?)
5.) Yorktown Heights 10598a

From what I am hearing on this site, Yorktown Heights uses the Yorktown Central SD, which I beleive is a desirable district. The problem I am finding is that many properties are listed as "Yorktown Heights" seem to my eye to be in the far northern part of the town, or in areas marked on Google map as "Shrub Oak", which from the information I am gathering on these postings, is actually Lakeville SD.

If I were to use the zip code for Yorktown Heights as my gauge, is it safe to say that zip code 10598 would always fall in the Yorktown Central SD??

What about 10535 (Jeffferson Valley), 10588 (Shrub Oak), 10547 (Mohegan Lake), and 10517 (Crompond)? What districts do these fall into? Is it true that 1 zip code will all use one district??

Thanks for your help. I find this to be very confusing!!

[dma1250]

As I just wrote on the other post, Yorktown is huge. 5 "business districts," 7 hamlets, 40 square miles, and 2 school districts. As is true with most Westchester towns, there is a lot of overlap with neighboring towns and school districts. Some areas in the YSD have Chappaqua addresses, some have Bedford or Mt Kisco or Croton or Ossining addresses--and vice versa.

I believe that 10598 is all Yorktown schools, but the safest bet is to search by school district. Also, if you want to be in walking distance of the town--or any town--you should use one of the sites that lets you search by map.

[movingnorth2]

Originally Posted by movingnorth2

I'm visiting Yorktown preschools in the next few days and was wondering if anyone has feedback on some of these. looking for 5 day/week. thanks so much

Bright Beginnings Preschool Learning Center
Montessori Pre-Nursery, Nursery & Elementary School
Open Day Preschool, Baldwin Road, 245-1009.
Pied Piper School
The Seed Day Care Center
Yorktown Community Nursery School
Yorktown Presbyterian Preschool
Wiggles N Giggles
Strawberry Early Childhood Development Center

Ive visited all the above and the Seed came out first by far. The teachers have very high degrees of education and are incredibly nurturing. There is a big outdoor playground with climbing structures, tricycles and swings. Facilities are well equipped and kept up to date. They offer healthy meals and snacks which has been wonderful. My daughter loves her school and never wants to leave when I pick her up. She has been developing quite well and learning many new skills. She learns language, art, science and even math all in a very cheerful, beautiful, nurturing and safe environment. I cant say enough good things about The Seed! She is truly blossoming there. Even my 1 year old son doesn~t want to leave when we go pick up our daughter, he is ready... to bad we have to wait a couple more years. AAA++++