ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS operates as a roomy primary school in YONKERS, New York, one of the schools within YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 857 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 24,376 students; ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is among them.

On the student-mix side, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS lists that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic; the rest comes out to 4% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS higher than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.5%; this one delivers 32.4%.

In the surrounding community, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

SCHOOL 23 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 38.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 995 students in 2018 compared to 857 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 88% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

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