Editing Irvington, New York (section)

== Education ==<!--this section title linked from above in this article-->

===Primary and secondary schools===
'''Irvington Union Free School District'''<br>
The majority of Irvington is part of the [[Irvington Union Free School District]]<!--UNI 15450-->,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36119_westchester/DC20SD_C36119.pdf|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Westchester County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-10-16}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36119_westchester/DC20SD_C36119_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> which also includes [[East Irvington, New York|East Irvington]], an unincorporated area of the [[Greenburgh, New York|Town of Greenburgh]], and the Pennybridge section of [[Tarrytown, New York|Tarrytown]], Irvington's northern neighbor. The schools are Dows Lane School (K-3), Main Street School (4&5), Irvington Middle School (6–8), and [[Irvington High School (New York)|Irvington High School]] (9–12). The Middle School and High School are sited together on a combined campus on Heritage Hill Road off of North Broadway, on the site where the Stern castle, "Greystone", once stood. Stern purchased the property from Augustus C. Richards in the late nineteenth century.<ref>Graff and Graff, p.86</ref>

Small portions of Irvington extend into the [[Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District]],<!--UNI 09120--> the [[Ardsley Union Free School District]]<!--UNI 03180-->, and the [[Elmsford Union Free School District]]<!--UNI 10650-->.<ref name=SDMap2020>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36079_putnam/DC20SD_C36079.pdf|title=2020 Census – School District Reference Map: Putnam County, NY|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2024-10-15}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st36_ny/schooldistrict_maps/c36079_putnam/DC20SD_C36079_SD2MS.txt See text list]</ref><!--The easternmost parts are zoned to single family housing, even if they just have a lake: {{cite web|url=https://www.irvingtonny.gov/DocumentCenter/View/182/Zoning-Map?bidId=|title=Zoning Map|publisher=Irvington|access-date=2024-10-15}}</ref>-->

'''Abbott School'''<br>
Located in Irvington, but not part of the regular public school district, was the Abbott School, which served homeless, neglected, abused, or developmentally disabled boys in grades 2 through 9. The students came both from the residential Abbott House, where the school was located, and as day students from community schools in Westchester County, [[Rockland County, New York|Rockland County]], and New York City. The school graduated its last class in 2011. Currently, Abbott House operates a number of programs to support children and families with challenging circumstances.<ref>[http://www.abbotthouse.net/welcome.html "Welcome"] Abbot House website</ref> Abbot House's administrative offices remain in the former school building in Irvington.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Journal News {{!}} lohud.com News Section |url=http://www.lohud.com/article/20130615/NEWS/306150046/Shuttered-2-years-Irvington-s-Abbott-House-property-still-unsold |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160102215906/http://www.lohud.com/article/20130615/NEWS/306150046/Shuttered-2-years-Irvington-s-Abbott-House-property-still-unsold |archive-date=2016-01-02 |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=The Journal News {{!}} lohud.com |language=en}}</ref>

'''Immaculate Conception School'''<br>
The Immaculate Conception School, a Catholic elementary school located in Irvington, was closed by the [[Archdiocese of New York]] in June 2008, after 100 years of existence.<ref name="icc_closes">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/nyregion/09schools.html|title=In the Bronx, Mourning the Loss of a School|last=Eligon|first=John|date=March 9, 2008|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=May 15, 2009}}</ref><ref>Freeman, Brett (May 15, 2008) [http://www.riverjournalonline.com/villages/irvington/831-After-100-Years-Irvingtons-Immaculate-Conception-School-to-Close "After 100 Years Irvington's Immaculate Conception School to Close"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614105339/http://www.riverjournalonline.com/villages/irvington/831-After-100-Years-Irvingtons-Immaculate-Conception-School-to-Close |date=June 14, 2011 }} ''RiverJournal''</ref> In the 2009–2010 school year, John Cardinal O'Connor School, a Catholic non-denominational school for students in grades 2 through 8 with learning disabilities, which had formerly been St. Ursula's Learning Center in [[Mount Kisco]], moved into the vacant building.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2010-12-15 |title=Irvington "Hosts" Special Education Catholic School |url=https://patch.com/new-york/rivertowns/irvington-hosts-special-education-catholic-school |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Rivertowns, NY Patch |language=en}}</ref><ref>[http://rivertowns.patch.com/listings/john-cardinal-oconnor-school "John Cardinal O'Connor School"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111222115216/http://rivertowns.patch.com/listings/john-cardinal-oconnor-school |date=December 22, 2011 }} ''[[Patch.com|Rivertowns Patch]]''</ref>

===Colleges===
There are no colleges totally within Irvington, although part of the campus of [[Mercy University]], founded in 1950, is located there, while the majority is just over the southern border in [[Dobbs Ferry, New York|Dobbs Ferry]], very close to Irvington's Ardsley-on-Hudson train station, which is sub-labelled "Mercy College".

In 1890, schoolteacher Mary F. Bennett founded the Bennett School for Girls in the village. The school offered a six-year course of study: four years of high school and two of higher study. In 1907 it moved to [[Millbrook, New York|Millbrook]] in [[Dutchess County, New York|Dutchess County]], and dropped the high school grades, becoming a [[junior college]]; the school was renamed to [[Bennett College (New York)|Bennett College]].<ref>{{cite book| author=Hasbrouk, Frank| title= Frank Hasbrouck's The History of Dutchess County, New York}}</ref><ref name="untapped">{{Cite web |date=2021-06-10 |title=Inside the Abandoned Bennett School for Girls in Millbrook, NY |url=https://www.untappedcities.com/abandoned-bennett-school-for-girls/ |access-date=2025-03-31 |website=Untapped New York |language=en}}</ref>   In that same year, [[Marymount College, Tarrytown|Marymount College]] was founded in [[Tarrytown, New York|Tarrytown]], north of the village. It later became a campus of [[Fordham University]], but closed in 2007.

[[Columbia University]] maintains in Irvington its [[Nevis Laboratories]] &ndash; which specializes in the preparation, design, and construction of high-energy particle and nuclear experiments and equipment, which are transported to major laboratories worldwide, and also houses the Radiological Research Accelerator Facility which specializes in [[microbeam]] technology. The grounds also hold an agricultural research center and the offices of [[Columbia University Press]].