PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL

PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in YONKERS, New York, run under YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 536 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% bigger than the state mean of about 443.

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

Demographically, PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL logs that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 52%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 32% of students at PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.3%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of +11.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Westchester County shows median household earnings sit near $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MONTESSORI SCHOOL 31, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PATRICIA A DICHIARO SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 4%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 536 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 43% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 23.0:1 in 2025.

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