Yonkers Public Schools, New York

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Yonkers Public Schools
District details
School board members: 9
Students: 24,339 (2023-2024)
Schools: 40 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Yonkers Public Schools is a school district in New York (Westchester County). During the 2024 school year, 24,339 students attended one of the district's 40 schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, finances, academics, students, and more details about the district.

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School board

Yonkers Public Schools consists of nine members serving five-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members

Name	Year assumed office	Year term ends
Lorraine Lopez
John Castanaro	2019
Arz Raheem	2025	2028
Sheila Greenwald	2018	2028
Lawrence Sykes	2022	2027
Rosalba Corrado DelVecchio	2020	2027
Amjed Kuri	2021	2026
Gail Burns	2020	2026
Rosemarie Linton	2022	2025

Elections

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$108,467,000	$4,436	14%
Local:	$264,269,000	$10,808	34%
State:	$410,261,000	$16,779	52%
Total:	$782,997,000	$32,023

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$725,119,000	$29,656
Total Current Expenditures:	$635,583,000	$25,994
Instructional Expenditures:	$435,227,000	$17,799	60%
Student and Staff Support:	$39,198,000	$1,603	5%
Administration:	$50,718,000	$2,074	7%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$110,440,000	$4,516	15%
Total Capital Outlay:	$37,260,000	$1,523
Construction:	$3,341,000	$136
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$1,471,000	$60
Interest on Debt:	$6,600,000	$269

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	41	69	35	35	30-39	45-49	56
2018-2019	42	72	34	38	30-39	45-49	58
2017-2018	38	68	29	33	30-39	40-44	54
2016-2017	37	63	30	32	50-59	45-49	53
2015-2016	35	63	28	30	30-39	45-49	52
2014-2015	34	60	27	28	40-59	45-49	50
2013-2014	22	52	15	17	20-29	25-29	38
2012-2013	24	51	20	20	20-29	20-24	34
2011-2012	52	81	42	48	70-79	60-64	67
2010-2011	46	76	37	42	40-49	60-64	61

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	54	77	50	49	40-59	65-69	67
2018-2019	40	64	35	37	30-39	45-49	50
2017-2018	36	62	30	32	30-39	40-44	47
2016-2017	39	60	34	34	30-39	50-54	50
2015-2016	36	59	31	32	30-39	45-49	47
2014-2015	30	54	27	25	21-39	35-39	43
2013-2014	24	48	19	19	11-19	30-34	36
2012-2013	25	52	22	20	20-29	25-29	37
2011-2012	47	72	41	42	50-59	55-59	60
2010-2011	44	69	37	39	40-49	60-64	58

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	88	>=95	83	89	>=50	>=80	85-89
2018-2019	85	>=95	80	86	PS	>=80	85-89
2017-2018	86	>=95	82	85	>=50	>=80	90-94
2016-2017	83	90-94	76	83	>=50	>=80	85-89
2015-2016	78	>=95	70	77	>=50	>=50	85-89
2014-2015	76	90-94	67	76	PS	>=50	81
2013-2014	73	85-89	65	74	PS	<50	80-84
2012-2013	72	85-89	67	72	>=50	>=50	75-79
2011-2012	72	90-94	64	72	<50	PS	80-84
2010-2011	69	85-89	64	68	PS		75-79

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	24,339	-0.8
2022-2023	24,529	0.3
2021-2022	24,451	-4.2
2020-2021	25,488	-3.3
2019-2020	26,331	-2.6
2018-2019	27,012	0.0
2017-2018	27,001	0.0
2016-2017	27,006	1.0
2015-2016	26,728	-0.4
2014-2015	26,828	1.2
2013-2014	26,516	3.7
2012-2013	25,529	0.8
2011-2012	25,326	-1.0
2010-2011	25,568	2.4
2009-2010	24,956	2.6
2008-2009	24,310	0.6
2007-2008	24,153	-2.3
2006-2007	24,708	-1.3
2005-2006	25,022	-2.1
2004-2005	25,540	-2.6
2003-2004	26,201	-0.8
2002-2003	26,398	-0.2
2001-2002	26,447	0.8
2000-2001	26,237	1.3
1999-2000	25,889	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Yonkers Public Schools (%)	New York K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.4	0.8
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	4.7	10.1
Black	15.8	15.5
Hispanic	62.1	30.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.2
Two or More Races	3.0	3.5
White	13.9	39.6

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Yonkers Public Schools had 1,443.00 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.87.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	65.58
Kindergarten:	87.33
Elementary:	628.23
Secondary:	657.86
Total:	1,443.00

Yonkers Public Schools employed 22.00 district administrators and 114.00 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	22.00
District Administrative Support:	278.00
School Administrators:	114.00
School Administrative Support:	0.00

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	981.00
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	2.00
Total Guidance Counselors:	43.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	4.00
Library/Media Support:	0.00
Student Support Services:	108.00
Other Support Services:	455.00

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

Yonkers Public Schools operates 40 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Barack Obama School For Social Justice	780	7-12
Casimir Pulaski School	561	PK-8
Cesar E Chavez School	561	PK-8
Cross Hill Academy	339	3-8
Ella Fitzgerald Academy	458	PK-8
Enrico Fermi School For The Performing Arts	844	PK-8
Eugenio Maria De Hostos Microsociety School	575	PK-8
Family School 32	590	PK-8
Gorton High School	1,080	9-12
Kahlil Gibran School	515	PK-8
Las Hermanas Mirabal Community School	588	PK-8
Lincoln High School	1,137	9-12
Mlk Jr High Tech & Computer Magnet School	453	PK-8
Montessori School 27	332	PK-6
Montessori School 31	360	PK-6
Museum School 25	245	PK-5
Paideia School 15	579	PK-8
Paideia School 24	301	PK-6
Patricia A Dichiaro School	543	PK-8
Pearls Hawthorne School	795	PK-8
Riverside High School	981	9-12
Robert C Dodson School	724	PK-8
Roosevelt High School - Early College Studies	1,017	9-12
Rosemarie Ann Siragusa School	519	PK-6
Saunders Trades & Technical High School	1,043	9-12
School 16	544	PK-8
School 17	327	PK-6
School 21	306	PK-6
School 22	399	PK-6
School 23	484	PK-8
School 29	610	PK-8
School 30	546	PK-8
School 5	568	PK-8
School 9	278	PK-6
Thomas Cornell Academy	262	PK-6
William Boyce Thompson School	373	PK-8
Yonkers Early Childhood Academy	300	PK-2
Yonkers High School	1,103	9-12
Yonkers Middle School	569	6-8
Yonkers Montessori Academy	1,240	PK-12

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