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 Merrick.
PK–63 schoolsMerrick Union Free School District
7–102 schoolsBellmore-Merrick Central High School District
11–123 high schoolsBellmore-Merrick Central High 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.