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YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Yonkers, New York · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

24,304
Students enrolled
40
Public schools
1,421
Classroom teachers (FTE)
17.1:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 1,097
  • Kindergarten 1,558
  • Grade 1 1,594
  • Grade 2 1,661
  • Grade 3 1,636
  • Grade 4 1,721
  • Grade 5 1,706
  • Grade 6 1,823
  • Grade 7 1,805
  • Grade 8 1,776
  • Grade 9 1,758
  • Grade 10 1,808
  • Grade 11 1,867
  • Grade 12 1,984
  • Ungraded 510

By race/ethnicity

  • Hispanic/Latino 63%
  • Black or African American 15%
  • White 13%
  • Asian 5%
  • Two or more races 3%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • Race not reported <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

70% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 16,784 of 23,836 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 68%
  • Reduced-price lunch 3%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$29,282 spent per student on day-to-day operations New York median: $27,061 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $20,329
  • Support services $8,462
  • Other (food service, etc.) $490

Where the money comes from

  • Local 34%
  • State 56%
  • Federal 9%

Total revenue $807.6 milliontotal spending $799.2 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year. Some figures for this district are NCES estimates.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Suburb: Large

Total staff (FTE)

3,470

District office

1 LARKIN CTR, Yonkers NY 10701

County

Westchester County

Official website

NCES District ID

3631920

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About YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Our Mission :To achieve excellence together.Our Vision :The Yonkers Public Schools empowers all students to take their place in the world as knowledgeable, competent, responsible citizens. Students are articulate and creative, attaining individual academic, emotional and physical goals in a safe and equitable educational community. Students are well-rounded, achieve in all subject areas, integrate technology, think independently and connect content to real life.All District staff are student-centered, innovative, committed, enthusiastic, educational leaders. They respect diversity and address the strengths and learning challenges of each student. They understand and implement research-based strategies in orderly state-of-the-art facilities. All staff have high standards for their students, colleagues and themselves.The community is an empowered, positive, collaborative voice that supports teaching and learning and participates in educational decision making for students. The District embraces the global community and is committed to meaningful partnerships.Yonkers Public Schools is committed to student success.
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