MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31

MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 operates as an intimate elementary-level community in YONKERS, New York, operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 351 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 sits 21% leaner than that benchmark.

Within YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 42 schools and 24,376 students, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 shows that 57% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 17% White, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 higher than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 is one campus in the mix.

ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31 ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 382 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 47% to 57% over that span.

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