PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24

PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in YONKERS, New York, part of YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 281 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 37% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 is one of 42 schools operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 24,376 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 17% White, 14% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 higher than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.3%.

In the area at large, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 is one.

SCHOOL 5 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24 at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.0%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 41%: 480 students in 2018 compared to 281 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 19% to 14% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 21.8:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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