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C+

Barack Obama School for Social Justice

PublicHighGrades 7–12

201 Palisade Ave, Yonkers, NY 10703 · (914) 376-8177 · Part of Yonkers City School District

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

Directions
Students
701
Students per teacher
16:1
Free or reduced lunch
87%
Setting
Suburb
Grades
7–12
The gist

What stands out about Barack Obama School for Social Justice

  • Its own letter, C+: better results than 42% of New York’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 9 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 6 pts below the state

On the path

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

PK–830 schoolsDepends on your address
7–12Barack Obama School for Social JusticeYou are here

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency47%
State average 56.1%
Reading / language arts57%
State average 62.6%

Its own letter, C+, 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 ↗

201 Palisade Ave, Yonkers

Students

Enrollment by grade
Grade 758
Grade 885
Grade 9136
Grade 10136
Grade 11133
Grade 12153
Enrollment over time
725’20
749’21
807’22
780’23
701’24

Down 3.3% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 60%Black 28%Two or more races 5%White 4%Asian 3%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

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

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Barack Obama School for Social Justice 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.