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C+
Schools in Yonkers · Yonkers City School District

Yonkers’s public schools score below 59% of New York districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 37% of Yonkers’s students scored proficient, below the New York average (46%). The grade covers the public school district serving Yonkers, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within New York, not nationally.

#473of 755 New York townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From New York state tests taken in spring 2022, when 95% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
40%
▼ 9 pts vs NY 49%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
▼ 10 pts vs NY 46%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
▲ 3 pts vs NY 87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.3K
▼ 15% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
16.8
NY 11.2 · larger classes
Schools in town
57
23,836 students on the public path
In brief

Yonkers’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 40% of tested students were proficient in reading and 37% in math, against 49% and 46% statewide; 95% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 87% across New York. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $29,282 per student, against $34,607 across New York (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

30 elementary schools, then eight high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓

Choice beyond the district

Charter School of Educational Excellence, Annunciation School (private), Andalusia School (private), St. Barnabas Elementary School (private), Westchester School for Special Children (private), Sacred Heart High School (private), St. Eugene School (private), St. John the Baptist (private), St. Peter Elementary School (private), Oakview Prep School of SDA (private), John A Coleman School (private), Bronxville Montessori School (private), St. Mark's Lutheran School (private), Sarah Lawrence Early Childhood Center (private), Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park (private) and New Testament Church School (private) are in town. Every school ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Yonkers’s grade

C Test scoresB− Graduation

C+: better than 41% of New York school districts, #473 of 755 New York towns. Graduation is above the New York average; test scores are below it.

New York school districts we grade (1,013)Better than 41%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (1122)Better than 41%
C+B−A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 11,402 test results and a graduating class of 1,767 could put Yonkers anywhere from C+ to B−. The tests are from spring 2022, when 95% of Yonkers’s students in the tested grades sat them (12,054 in math, 10,750 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Yonkers, with each school’s own grade.

30 schools teach K in Yonkers’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A−, so check the specific school.
Yonkers Montessori Academy
Grades PK–12
B−
1,234 students15:1Rate it →
Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
857 students18:1Rate it →
Pearls Hawthorne School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
A−
813 students16:1Rate it →
Robert C Dodson School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
720 students16:1Rate it →
Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
594 students18:1Rate it →
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Microsociety School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
590 students19:1Rate it →
Paideia School 15
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
583 students23:1Rate it →
School 16
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
582 students18:1Rate it →
School 29
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B−
580 students14:1Rate it →
Casimir Pulaski School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Scarsdale
B−
579 students22:1Rate it →
Cesar E Chavez School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
574 students17:1Rate it →
School 5
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
572 students21:1Rate it →
School 30
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B−
566 students24:1Rate it →
Family School 32
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
562 students20:1Rate it →
Kahlil Gibran School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
539 students21:1Rate it →
Patricia A Dichiaro School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B
536 students23:1Rate it →
MLK Jr. High Tech & Computer Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D−
507 students19:1Rate it →
Rosemarie Ann Siragusa School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
500 students20:1Rate it →
School 23
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
498 students18:1Rate it →
Ella Fitzgerald Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
470 students17:1Rate it →
Justice Sonia Sotomayer Community School District
Elementary · Grades PK–7
423 students15:1Rate it →
School 22
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
381 students18:1Rate it →
Montessori School 31
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
351 students18:1Rate it →
William Boyce Thompson School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
338 students17:1Rate it →
Montessori School 27
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C+
332 students18:1Rate it →
School 21
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
328 students16:1Rate it →
Yonkers Early Childhood Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–2
297 students14:1Rate it →
School 17
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
282 students16:1Rate it →
Paideia School 24
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
281 students16:1Rate it →
Museum School 25
Elementary · Grades K–6
D−
219 students17:1Rate it →
The path, start to finish
PK–830 schoolsDepends on your addressD− to A−
9–128 high schoolsDepends on your addressC+ to A+

Yonkers’s public schools are run by Yonkers City School District. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Yonkers City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 40 schools · 23,836 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 16.8 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$29,282NY $34,607 · FY2024
C+
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading40%
State average 48.9% · 10750 students tested
Math37%
State average 46.5% · 12054 students tested

Yonkers vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Yonkers’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
YonkersC+Yonkers City
EastchesterATuckahoe Union Free PK–12 · Eastchester Union Free K–12
Mount VernonC−Mount Vernon
New York—New York City
BronxvilleA+Bronxville Union Free
TuckahoeATuckahoe Union Free PK–12 · Eastchester Union Free K–12
GreenburghB−Greenburgh Central
Hastings-on-HudsonAHastings-on-Hudson Union Free

Alpine, NJ borders Yonkers but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.

Every school in Yonkers

57 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Yonkersby address
Yonkers Montessori Academy
Grades PK–12
B−
1,234 students15:1Rate it →
Enrico Fermi School for the Performing Arts
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
857 students18:1Rate it →
Pearls Hawthorne School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
A−
813 students16:1Rate it →
Robert C Dodson School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
720 students16:1Rate it →
Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
594 students18:1Rate it →
Eugenio Maria de Hostos Microsociety School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
590 students19:1Rate it →
Paideia School 15
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
583 students23:1Rate it →
School 16
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
582 students18:1Rate it →
School 29
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B−
580 students14:1Rate it →
Casimir Pulaski School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Scarsdale
B−
579 students22:1Rate it →
Cesar E Chavez School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
574 students17:1Rate it →
School 5
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
572 students21:1Rate it →
School 30
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B−
566 students24:1Rate it →
Family School 32
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
562 students20:1Rate it →
Kahlil Gibran School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C+
539 students21:1Rate it →
Patricia A Dichiaro School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
B
536 students23:1Rate it →
MLK Jr. High Tech & Computer Magnet School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D−
507 students19:1Rate it →
Rosemarie Ann Siragusa School
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
500 students20:1Rate it →
School 23
Elementary · Grades PK–8
C−
498 students18:1Rate it →
Ella Fitzgerald Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
470 students17:1Rate it →
Justice Sonia Sotomayer Community School District
Elementary · Grades PK–7
423 students15:1Rate it →
School 22
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D
381 students18:1Rate it →
Montessori School 31
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C
351 students18:1Rate it →
William Boyce Thompson School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D
338 students17:1Rate it →
Montessori School 27
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C+
332 students18:1Rate it →
School 21
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
328 students16:1Rate it →
Yonkers Early Childhood Academy
Elementary · Grades PK–2
297 students14:1Rate it →
School 17
Elementary · Grades PK–6
D−
282 students16:1Rate it →
Paideia School 24
Elementary · Grades PK–6
C−
281 students16:1Rate it →
Museum School 25
Elementary · Grades K–6
D−
219 students17:1Rate it →
Cross Hill Academy
Middle · Grades 3–8
D
328 students17:1Rate it →
Robert Halmi Senior Academy of Film and Television
Secondary · Grades 6–9
155 students13:1Rate it →
Barack Obama School for Social Justice
High · Grades 7–12
C+
701 students16:1Rate it →
Yonkers Middle School
Middle · Grades 7–8
D
540 students17:1Rate it →
Lincoln High School
High · Grades 9–12
A−
1,176 students17:1Rate it →
Yonkers High School
High · Grades 9–12
A
1,111 students15:1Rate it →
Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies
High · Grades 9–12
A−
1,096 students15:1Rate it →
Gorton High School
High · Grades 9–12
A−
1,068 students15:1Rate it →
Saunders Trades & Technical High School
High · Grades 9–12
A+
1,039 students13:1Rate it →
Riverside High School
High · Grades 9–12
A−
934 students15:1Rate it →
Charter schoolsfree, open by application
Charter School of Educational Excellence
Grades K–12
Charter
1,127 students16:1Rate it →
Other public schools in Yonkersrun by other districts or the state
Greenburgh Academy
High · Grades 8–12
Special Education
136 students7:1Rate it →
Private schoolstuition; no state tests, so no grade
Annunciation School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Tuckahoe
Private · Catholic
399 students14:1Rate it →
Andalusia School
Grades PK–12
Private · Religious
329 students16:1Rate it →
St. Barnabas Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–8 · Bronx
Private · Catholic
327 students16:1Rate it →
Westchester School for Special Children
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
Private · Special education
288 students10:1Rate it →
Sacred Heart High School
High · Grades 9–12
Private · Catholic
253 students8:1Rate it →
St. Eugene School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
236 students19:1Rate it →
St. John the Baptist
Elementary · Grades K–8
Private · Catholic
213 students17:1Rate it →
St. Peter Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Catholic
174 students16:1Rate it →
Oakview Prep School of SDA
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Religious
154 students13:1Rate it →
John A Coleman School
Prekindergarten · Grades PK
Private · Special education
122 students6:1Rate it →
Bronxville Montessori School
Elementary · Grades PK–K · Bronxville
Private · Nonsectarian
71 students18:1Rate it →
St. Mark's Lutheran School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Religious
67 students10:1Rate it →
Sarah Lawrence Early Childhood Center
Elementary · Grades PK–1 · Bronxville
Private · Nonsectarian
58 students31:1Rate it →
Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Religious
44 students9:1Rate it →
New Testament Church School
Elementary · Grades PK–8
Private · Religious
15 students3:1Rate it →

Questions about Yonkers’s schools

Are Yonkers’s schools good?

On New York’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Yonkers children attend score below 59% of New York’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C+ Schools grade, #473 of 755 New York towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 41%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Yonkers in?

Yonkers City School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 23,836 students in 40 schools (2024–25).

Where do Yonkers kids go to high school?

One of 8 high schools, depending on your address: Yonkers Montessori Academy, Lincoln High School, Yonkers High School, Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies, Gorton High School, Saunders Trades & Technical High School, Riverside High School and Barack Obama School for Social Justice.

What is Yonkers’s graduation rate?

90% of the class of 2023 in Yonkers City School District graduated in four years, against 87% across New York.

How much does Yonkers spend per student?

$29,282 in Yonkers City School District (FY2024), against $34,607 across New York. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

Are there private schools in Yonkers?

Yes: Annunciation School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 399 students), Andalusia School (religious, grades PK–12, 329 students), St. Barnabas Elementary School (Catholic, grades K–8, 327 students), Westchester School for Special Children (special education, grades PK, 288 students), Sacred Heart High School (Catholic, grades 9–12, 253 students), St. Eugene School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 236 students), St. John the Baptist (Catholic, grades K–8, 213 students), St. Peter Elementary School (Catholic, grades PK–8, 174 students), Oakview Prep School of SDA (religious, grades PK–8, 154 students), John A Coleman School (special education, grades PK, 122 students), Bronxville Montessori School (nonsectarian, grades PK–K, 71 students), St. Mark's Lutheran School (religious, grades PK–8, 67 students), Sarah Lawrence Early Childhood Center (nonsectarian, grades PK–1, 58 students), Stein Yeshiva of Lincoln Park (religious, grades PK–8, 44 students) and New Testament Church School (religious, grades PK–8, 15 students). Yonkers also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within New York. Stars are from neighbors.