[2] Solomon Schechter School of Westchester was founded in 1966 with twenty-two students and two teachers in the basement of Temple Israel Center.

By the end of the 1970s, enrollment reached 150 and the kindergarten was housed in a converted home adjacent to the main building.

[3] It is named after Solomon Schechter, who founded the United Synagogue of America and was the architect of the American Conservative Jewish movement.

In 1989, with support from Joseph S. Gruss, a fourth building was constructed on the White Plains campus to help accommodate the demands of Westchester's largest Jewish day school.

The following sports are currently offered:[8] Fall: Winter: Spring: In November 2015, the Schechter Westchester varsity soccer team lost to Elmira Notre Dame in the NY State Class C Finals in Middletown.