MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27

Located at 132 VALENTINE LN, in YONKERS, New York, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 is a small elementary school that caters to 332 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 25% below the state mean of about 443.

Within YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 42 schools and 24,376 students, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 17% Black, 5% Asian, 5% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

Looking at school resources, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Roughly 53% of students at MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 61.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Westchester County shows median household earnings sit near $118,976, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students).

ROBERT HALMI SENIOR ACADEMY OF FILM AND TELEVISION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 51.2%.

MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27 operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. MONTESSORI SCHOOL 27's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 382 (now 332). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 59% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 21.2:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 today.

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