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Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004262
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY
77 PARK HILL AVE, YONKERS, NY 10701 · (914) 376-8420 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 20% of New York public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
396 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 39 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 43 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 28% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 14 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 31.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY this school | 470 | 84.3% | 32.2% |
| HEMPSTEAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SPRING VALLEY | 459 | 81.3% | 22.6% |
| WHIN MUSIC COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL NEW YORK | 464 | 87.3% | 40.8% |
| JACKSON MAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 436 | 83.5% | 42.6% |
| CYPRESS HILLS ASCEND CHARTER SCHOOL BROOKLYN | 485 | 88.2% | 62.4% |
| BARACK OBAMA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HEMPSTEAD | 439 | 82.9% | 36.0% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,954 of 2,335 | #114 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #2,004 of 2,342 ▼ 9 | #114 of 127 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #1,719 of 2,343 ▲ 156 | #98 of 127 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #968 of 2,585 | #72 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #2,234 of 2,338 | #123 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #1,649 of 2,388 | #121 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #640 of 2,534 | #3 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.1% | #710 of 1,757 | #25 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
470
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 19.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 470 | 27.2 | 17.3:1 | 84% (396) |
| 2023-24 | 458 | 27.5 | 16.7:1 | 82% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 455 | 27.8 | 16.4:1 | 87% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 90% (456) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 77% (441) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 34 | 17.4:1 | 93% (553) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 32 | 19.3:1 | 77% (478) |
| 2000-01 | 603 | 39 | 15.5:1 | 70% (421) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 39 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY.
About ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary school based in YONKERS, New York. In all, 470 students attend the school in pre-K through 8.
Across its 42 schools, YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 24,376 students. ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is one of those schools.
The largest group at ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is Hispanic students, at 77%. Other groups make up 15% Black, 4% White, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 27% of Westchester County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
On staff are 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.3:1. Elementary schools in New York average 12.8:1, 4.4 fewer students per teacher than here. ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 84%. Public schools in Westchester County average 38%.
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 20% of New York public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is 11.8 points below its prediction. Actual: 32.2%. Predicted: 44.0%.
American Community Survey estimates for Westchester County show that the median household earns about $118,976 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Westchester County, 255 public schools serve about 140,968 students.
CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is 9th on average proficiency.
Federal data place ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 36 students, from 506 to 470. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 19.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 17.3:1.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMYCombined · 1,234 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,176 students
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,039 students
Other schools in YONKERS
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMYCombined · 1,234 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,176 students
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCECombined · 1,127 students
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Nearby schools
- CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL0.2 mi · 574
- ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS0.2 mi · 857
- SCHOOL 230.3 mi · 498
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,111
- YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.4 mi · 540
- THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY0.4 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY?
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY serve?
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY have?
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1.
What is the student diversity at ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY?
Student demographics at ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY are roughly 4% White, 77% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY?
ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
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