ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY

Set in YONKERS, New York, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is a mid-sized primary school, operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 470 students across grades pre-K through 8.

Across the 42 schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (24,376 students total), ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY lists that 77% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 15% Black, 4% White, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.0%; this one delivers 32.2%.

Across the wider county, census data for Westchester County shows median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.5%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 470).

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