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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the GORTON HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,068
High
DISTRICT 910 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004243
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL
100 SHONNARD PL, YONKERS, NY 10703 · (914) 376-8350 · Westchester County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,068 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
876 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 219 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 269 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 268 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 288 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 24 | 2% |
Student demographics
53%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
71.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
27.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
41.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 GORTON HIGH SCHOOL
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (41.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GORTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,068 | 82.0% | 41.7% |
| ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIES YONKERS | 1,096 | 82.6% | 52.2% |
| RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 934 | 83.3% | 45.5% |
| HERBERT H LEHMAN HIGH SCHOOL BRONX | 1,087 | 81.2% | 48.7% |
| SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 1,039 | 83.8% | 60.5% |
| LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 1,176 | 88.1% | 43.0% |
Matched among New York high 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 GORTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.7% | #901 of 1,135 | #44 of 46 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #932 of 1,109 ▲ 80 | #47 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #570 of 1,135 ▲ 30 | #40 of 48 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,068 | #224 of 1,216 | #14 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #988 of 1,058 | #44 of 48 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #416 of 1,070 | #22 of 48 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #416 of 1,167 | #6 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #203 of 339 | #5 of 18 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,068
+70 (+7%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,208
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 1,068 | 71.2 | 15.0:1 | 82% (876) |
| 2023-24 | 1,080 | 68.7 | 15.7:1 | 79% (850) |
| 2022-23 | 1,055 | 72.3 | 14.6:1 | 85% (902) |
| 2020-21 | 998 | 68 | 14.7:1 | 90% (894) |
| 2017-18 | 1,008 | 67 | 15.0:1 | 86% (863) |
| 2015-16 | 952 | 67 | 14.2:1 | 92% (876) |
| 2010-11 | 1,219 | 78 | 15.6:1 | 91% (1,106) |
| 2000-01 | 1,595 | 101 | 15.8:1 | 73% (1,160) |
| 1990-91 | 1,208 | 94 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GORTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About GORTON HIGH SCHOOL
A large high school in YONKERS, New York, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL is part of YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. A federal count lists 1,068 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 60% larger than that.
YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 42 schools; together they serve 24,376 students.
A majority of students at GORTON HIGH SCHOOL, 65%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 20% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Westchester County, the Hispanic share is about 27%. The chance that two students picked at random at GORTON HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Dividing enrollment by its 71.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. GORTON HIGH SCHOOL reports 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 20% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In New York, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 41.7% actual against a predicted 44.8%.
Westchester County census figures show that median household income is about $118,976, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 255 public schools operate in Westchester County, serving about 140,968 students.
The nearest public school is GREENBURGH ACADEMY, at about 0.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 7%, from 998 to 1,068.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at GORTON HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,039 students
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 934 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
- SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,039 students
Nearby schools
- GREENBURGH ACADEMY0.1 mi · 136
- SCHOOL 90.4 mi · 278
- RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 934
- MUSEUM SCHOOL 250.6 mi · 219
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCE0.6 mi · 1,127
- BARACK OBAMA SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE0.7 mi · 701
Frequently asked questions
About GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHow large is GORTON HIGH SCHOOL?
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,068 students in grades 09-12.
Is GORTON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does GORTON HIGH SCHOOL have?
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL employs 71 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GORTON HIGH SCHOOL?
At GORTON HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 8% White, 65% Hispanic, 20% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is GORTON HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GORTON HIGH SCHOOL 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.