BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is a four-year high school of mid-tier scale in YONKERS, New York, operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 701 students in grades 7 through 12.

BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is one of 42 schools operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 24,376 students overall.

On the student-mix side, BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%; the rest breaks down as 28% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.0%; this one delivers 26.4%.

In the area at large, Westchester County reports that median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE is one.

Nearest neighbor: MLK JR HIGH TECH & COMPUTER MAGNET SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. On composite proficiency, BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 771 (now 701). Hispanic enrollment moved from 53% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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