C+
Yonkers City School District
Public school districtGrades PK–12
Serves Yonkers.
Students
23,836
Schools
40
Spent per student
$29,282
NY $34,607
Students per teacher
17:1
Free or reduced lunch
70%
Debt
$206.2M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Yonkers City School District
- School Grade C+: better than 36% of New York districts
- Math proficiency 15 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 8 pts below the state
- Spends 15% less per student than the NY average
- 17 students per teacher
- Debt of $206.2M, about $8,649 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Baldwin.
K–55 elementary schoolsBaldwin Union Free School District
6–8Baldwin Middle SchoolBaldwin Union Free School District
9–12Baldwin Senior High SchoolBaldwin Union Free School District
Test scores vs. NY
2020–21Math proficiency41%
State average 55.9%
Reading / language arts54%
State average 62.4%
Graduation rate (4-year)88%
State average 83.5%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$29,282 per student · 15% below NY
Spending
Classroom instruction 69%Support & administration 29%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 34%State 56%Federal 9%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
24,363’20
23,480’21
23,460’22
23,289’23
23,836’24
About steady.
Students
Hispanic 63%Black 15%White 13%Asian 5%Two or more races 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
40 public schools.
Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts
D857 students18:1
Pearls Hawthorne School
A−813 students16:1
Robert C Dodson School
D720 students16:1
Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School
D594 students18:1
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Microsociety School
C+590 students19:1
Paideia School 15
C+583 students23:1
School 16
C−582 students18:1
School 29
B−580 students14:1
Casimir Pulaski School
B−579 students22:1
Cesar E Chavez School
C−574 students17:1
School 5
C−572 students21:1
School 30
B−566 students24:1
Family School 32
C−562 students20:1
Kahlil Gibran School
C+539 students21:1
Patricia A Dichiaro School
B536 students23:1
MLK Jr. High Tech & Computer Magnet School
D507 students19:1
Rosemarie Ann Siragusa School
C500 students20:1
School 23
C−498 students18:1
Ella Fitzgerald Academy
D470 students17:1
Justice Sonia Sotomayer Community School District
423 students15:1
School 22
D381 students18:1
Montessori School 31
C+351 students18:1
William Boyce Thompson School
D338 students17:1
Montessori School 27
C+332 students18:1
School 21
C−328 students16:1
Yonkers Early Childhood Academy
297 students14:1
School 17
D−282 students16:1
Paideia School 24
C−281 students16:1
Museum School 25
D219 students17:1
Yonkers Middle School
D540 students17:1
Cross Hill Academy
D328 students17:1
Robert Halmi Senior Academy of Film and Television
155 students13:1
Lincoln High School
A1,176 students17:1
Yonkers High School
A1,111 students15:1
Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies
A−1,096 students15:1
Gorton High School
A1,068 students15:1
Saunders Trades & Technical High School
A+1,039 students13:1
Riverside High School
A−934 students15:1
Barack Obama School for Social Justice
C+701 students16:1
Yonkers Montessori Academy
B−1,234 students15:1
Nearby districts
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District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.