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Schools in Yorktown Heights

Yorktown Heights’s public schools

Yorktown Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Yorktown Heights. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?4/4schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 78% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
66%
2021–22
Math proficiency
69%
2021–22
Graduate on time
94%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$32.2K
▼ 7% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.8
NY 11.2
Schools in town
0
2,896 students on the public path
In brief

Yorktown Heights’s schools, in brief

School by school

4 of Yorktown Heights’s 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Yorktown High School places highest (better than 93%); Mildred E Strang Middle School lowest (58%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Yorktown Heights, graded from A− to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Yorktown High School. See the path ↓

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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Yorktown Heights, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–32 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressA− to A
6–8Mildred E Strang Middle SchoolYorktown Central School DistrictB
9–12Yorktown High SchoolYorktown Central School DistrictA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Yorktown Central School District.

The district

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

Yorktown Central School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 3,455 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 10.8 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$32,198NY $34,607 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading66%
State average 48.9% · 1259 students tested
Math69%
State average 46.5% · 1430 students tested

Yorktown Heights vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Yorktown Heights—Yorktown Central
SomersASomers Central
YorktownA−Lakeland Central PK–12 · Yorktown Central K–12

Every school in Yorktown Heights

4 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).

Also serving Yorktown Heightsin other towns
Brookside School
Elementary · Grades K–3
A
522 students11:1Rate it →
Mohansic School
Elementary · Grades K–3
A−
476 students10:1Rate it →
Mildred E Strang Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8
B
793 students10:1Rate it →
Yorktown High School
High · Grades 9–12
A
1,105 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Yorktown Heights’s schools

Are Yorktown Heights’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Yorktown Heights. Yorktown Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Yorktown Heights. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 4 of its 4 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Yorktown Heights in?

Yorktown Central School District.

Where do Yorktown Heights kids go to high school?

Yorktown High School.

Parents talk

What Yorktown Heights families are saying about school.

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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). Stars are from neighbors.