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Gorton High School

PublicHighGrades 9–12

100 Shonnard Pl, Yonkers, NY 10703 · (914) 376-8350 · Part of Yonkers City School District

Yonkers’ School Grade C+ better than 41% of New York school districts

Directions
Students
1,068
Students per teacher
15:1
Free or reduced lunch
82%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
9–12
The gist

What stands out about Gorton High School

  • Its own letter, A−: reading and math results near the top of New York’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 24 pts above the state
  • Reading / language arts 24 pts above the state

On the path

Where Yonkers kids come from and go next. The whole path →

PK–830 schoolsDepends on your address
9–12Gorton High SchoolYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency80%
State average 56.1%
Reading / language arts87%
State average 62.6%

Its own letter, A−, places these results among New York’s 4,095 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

100 Shonnard Pl, Yonkers

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 9219
Grade 10269
Grade 11268
Grade 12288
Ungraded24
Enrollment over time
998’20
1,036’21
1,055’22
1,080’23
1,068’24

Up 7% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 65%Black 20%White 8%Asian 4%Two or more races 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Gorton High School from Yonkers families.

Other schools in Yonkers City School District

The district →
Yonkers Montessori Academy
Other · Grades PK–12 · Yonkers
B−
1,234 students15:1
Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Yonkers
D
857 students18:1
Pearls Hawthorne School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Yonkers
A−
813 students16:1
Robert C Dodson School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Yonkers
D
720 students16:1
Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Yonkers
D
594 students18:1
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Microsociety School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Yonkers
C+
590 students19:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against New York’s other public schools; Yonkers’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.