Editing Chappaqua, New York (section)

==Education==
{{main|Chappaqua Central School District}}
The [[Chappaqua Central School District]]<!--UNI 06990--> includes the village.<ref name=CensusSDMap>{{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> In 2024, Chappaqua Central School District had around 3.5 thousand students from grades K-12, above the national average. 

Around 1928, Robert E. Bell Middle School,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ccsd.ws/bs/|title=Robert E. Bell Middle School|access-date=2008-01-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080314235808/http://www.ccsd.ws/bs/|archive-date=2008-03-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> known at the time as Horace Greeley School, was built. The present day Horace Greeley High School was built in 1957. The three elementary schools in Chappaqua were completed over a twenty-year period: Roaring Brook School<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/rb/|title=Roaring Brook School|access-date=2006-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214012130/http://www.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/rb/|archive-date=2006-12-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1951, Douglas G. Grafflin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/dg/|title=Douglas G. Grafflin|access-date=2006-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214011848/http://www.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/dg/|archive-date=2006-12-14|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1962, and Westorchard<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/wo/index.htm|title=Westorchard|access-date=2006-12-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061223123014/http://www.chappaqua.k12.ny.us/wo/index.htm|archive-date=2006-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref> in 1971.

In 2003, after the opening of the new middle school, Seven Bridges, and the moving of the fifth grade from Chappaqua's elementary schools to the middle schools, the district added a full day kindergarten.<ref>Rosenberg, Merri. [https://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/23/nyregion/in-the-schools-the-half-day-stress-of-kindergarten.html "IN THE SCHOOLS; The Half-Day Stress Of Kindergarten"], ''The New York Times'', February 23, 2003.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://ccsd.ws/ccsd/boardofeducation/m040525.htm|title=Minutes, Chappaqua Central School District Board of Education, May 25, 2004.|access-date=2007-06-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081220112534/http://ccsd.ws/ccsd/boardofeducation/m040525.htm|archive-date=2008-12-20|url-status=dead}}</ref> 

In 2024, Chappaqua Central School District was ranked as the 17th best public school district in New York State. <ref>{{Cite web |title=Chappaqua Central School District - New York |url=https://www.niche.com/k12/d/chappaqua-central-school-district-ny/ |access-date=2024-02-03 |website=Niche |language=en}}</ref>

Schools currently operating in Chappaqua include:<ref>{{cite web | title = Our Schools | publisher = Chappaqua Central School District | url = https://www.chappaquaschools.org/schools | accessdate = February 17, 2022}}</ref>
* Robert E. Bell MS
* Douglas Grafflin ES
* Seven Bridges MS
* Roaring Brook ES
* [[Horace Greeley High School]]
* Westorchard ES

=== History of Chappaqua schools ===
Small, one-room schoolhouses devoid of windows were prevalent in the 1800s. In the Chappaqua region, there were eight such schoolhouses.{{citation needed|date=April 2008}}  These small schools prevailed until around 1870, when the Quakers built a large school called the [[Chappaqua Mountain Institute]] on Quaker Street.  In the year 1885 the school caught fire,<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1885/02/22/archives/driven-out-by-the-fire-the-quaker-schoolhouse-at-chappaqua-burned.html "Driven Out By The Fire; The Quaker Schoolhouse At Chappaqua Burned. The Teachers And Children In The Bitter Cold In Their Night Clothes--Cool Young Farragut"], ''The New York Times'', February 22, 1885.</ref> and much refurbishing was done, with the addition of two new wings.  It was sold in 1908 and the school's property is now owned by [[Children's Aid]].