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Yonkers City School District


At a glance
663rdof 874 New York districts▼ 18
Better than 24% of New York districts
1 Larkin Ctr
Yonkers, NY 10701-2756
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Statewide performance 2017–2025
2025: better than 24.1% of districts
40
Schools
23,836
Students
1
5-star school
Top rankedPearls Hawthorne School85th of 2,445 New York elementary schools
Biggest riser
School 17 up 438 spots statewide this year
Smallest classes
Robert Halmi Senior Academy Of Film And Television 13.1 students per teacher
SchoolDigger ratings
4★
3★
2★
1★
4 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)
Summary:

The Yonkers City School District in New York serves a diverse population of students across 38 schools, including 28 elementary schools, 2 middle schools, 7 high schools, and 1 alternative school. While the district's overall 4-year graduation rate of 84.3% is on par with the state average, there are significant disparities in academic performance between the highest and lowest-performing schools.

Some standout schools in the district include Pearls Hawthorne School, a 5-star elementary school that consistently outperforms the district and state averages on standardized tests, and Casimir Pulaski School, a 4-star elementary school with exceptional math and ELA proficiency rates. Another high-performing school is Kahlil Gibran School, a 4-star elementary school with strong performance across multiple subjects and grade levels.

However, the data also reveals significant challenges facing many of the district's schools, particularly at the middle and high school levels. Chronic absenteeism is a concern, with a district-wide rate of 31.5%, and there are wide variations in proficiency rates from one grade to the next, suggesting potential issues with curriculum alignment or instructional quality. Addressing these systemic challenges will be crucial to improving outcomes for all students in the Yonkers City School District.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.

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