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Enrollment
857
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004242
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
27 POPLAR ST, YONKERS, NY 10701 · (914) 376-8460 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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
18.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
664 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 | 54 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 98 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 46% smaller than its 8th grade class (114).
Student demographics
14%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
32.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
33.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 33.5% |
| 2023-24 | 27.0% | 32.2% |
% 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
32.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS's state test result (32.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS this school | 857 | 77.5% | 32.4% |
| ROBERT C DODSON SCHOOL YONKERS | 720 | 75.6% | 42.0% |
| ANDREW T MORROW SCHOOL ISLANDIA | 821 | 72.5% | 32.2% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHESTER | 725 | 70.8% | 34.5% |
| PS 92 HARRY T STEWART SR CORONA | 867 | 87.0% | 42.3% |
| TWIN PINES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRENTWOOD | 804 | 87.1% | 37.5% |
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 ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.4% | #1,941 of 2,335 | #113 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #2,027 of 2,342 ▼ 88 | #117 of 127 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #2,080 of 2,343 ▼ 136 | #121 of 127 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #100 of 2,585 | #2 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.2:1 | #2,263 of 2,338 | #129 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.8% | #2,224 of 2,388 | #139 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.5% | #845 of 2,534 | #11 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.9% | #916 of 1,757 | #33 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
857
-74 (-8%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
18.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 857 | 47.1 | 18.2:1 | 77% (664) |
| 2023-24 | 844 | 49.5 | 17.1:1 | 80% (671) |
| 2022-23 | 846 | 49.5 | 17.1:1 | 91% (771) |
| 2020-21 | 931 | 51 | 18.3:1 | 90% (837) |
| 2017-18 | 995 | 50 | 19.9:1 | 73% (730) |
| 2015-16 | 951 | 48 | 19.8:1 | 93% (880) |
| 2010-11 | 1,007 | 47 | 21.4:1 | 74% (743) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 59 | 14.0:1 | 82% (678) |
| 1990-91 | 745 | 47 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS.
About ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
As a high-enrollment elementary school, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS serves students in YONKERS, New York. The school teaches pre-K through 8 and enrolls 857 students. It has 93% more students than the average for elementary schools in New York (about 443).
YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT is made up of 42 schools with 24,376 students in all.
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is 93% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 4% Black. In Westchester County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS scores 14%.
Based on 47.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS has a ratio of 18.2:1. The average for elementary schools in New York, 12.8:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 77% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Westchester County, the average is 38%.
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of New York public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 46.5% at ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.4%.
In the wider Westchester County area, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 53% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Westchester County, 255 public schools serve about 140,968 students.
About 0.2 miles separate ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS from the closest public school, SCHOOL 23. The five-mile area around ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS holds at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 32.4% versus a 38.5% average.
For locale, NCES codes ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count fell 8% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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
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- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Nearby schools
- SCHOOL 230.2 mi · 498
- ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY0.2 mi · 470
- THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY0.4 mi · 262
- CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL0.4 mi · 574
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,111
- YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 540
Frequently asked questions
About ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTSWhat is the total enrollment at ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS enrolls approximately 857 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS serve?
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS have?
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.2:1.
How diverse is ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS?
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS reports a student body of 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS public or private?
ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS is a public K-12 school, overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.