GORTON HIGH SCHOOL

GORTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of the expansive senior highs in YONKERS, New York, part of YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,068 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

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

Demographically, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder reads as 20% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 82% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household income runs about $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), GORTON HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GREENBURGH ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GORTON HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GORTON HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. GORTON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,008 (now 1,068). The Black share of enrollment shrank from 29% to 20% over that span.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.