bedford school district (Ridge, Lewisboro, Pound Ridge: education, areas, population)

[kph206]

Does anyone have updated insights on the quality of education at west patent elementary and fox lane middle + high schools? has the large % of hispanic population signifcantly detoriated the quality of education? are there programs (e.g., enrichment programs) at the schools for super advanced kids? thank you.

[clevedark]

Why don't you call the schools and ask them?

[bmwguydc]

West Patent is among the better schools that feed into Fox Lane, and is generally a respected school in Bedford Central. WP is on par with Pound Ridge and Bedford Village ES. Fox Lane does have a degree of diversity, and in recent years, there has been much investment into the school. I do believe that they have advanced placement classes that serve the needs of more advanced students.

Of the Town of Bedford schools, the other side of town that is in Katonah-Lewisboro tends to have a more homogenous population and has schools that score very well, with John Jay HS tending to outpace Fox Lane in performance by some measures. But, this is not a huge performance gap, and an advanced student at either school should be sufficiently motivated.

Fox Lane is certainly is a much better school than other areas of Westchester that share the same level of diversity. And, Fox Lane has come a long way in recent years, since when I was a child (not that long ago), some people actually moved to the other side of town to get into Katonah-Lewisboro at the HS level for John Jay if the family used the public school system.