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What's one thing ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
500
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004259
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL
60 CRESCENT PL, YONKERS, NY 10704 · (914) 376-8570 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL500 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% of New York public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
293 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 70 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 34% smaller than its 6th grade class (70).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL this school | 500 | 58.6% | 45.9% |
| NORTH MAIN STREET SCHOOL MONROE | 559 | 58.3% | 42.2% |
| HENRY BARNARD SCHOOL NEW ROCHELLE | 435 | 56.1% | N/A |
| DEAUVILLE GARDENS EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL COPIAGUE | 465 | 57.4% | 57.2% |
| FAMILY SCHOOL 32 YONKERS | 562 | 67.1% | 35.7% |
| VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY NEW WINDSOR | 500 | 58.2% | 39.2% |
Matched among New York elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,346 of 2,335 | #78 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,304 of 2,342 ▲ 97 | #84 of 127 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,398 of 2,343 ▼ 258 | #89 of 127 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 500 | #822 of 2,585 | #58 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #2,299 of 2,338 | #135 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #762 of 2,388 | #39 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #1,192 of 2,534 | #38 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.4% | #1,194 of 1,757 | #48 of 100 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
500
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 551
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 20.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 500 | 24.9 | 20.1:1 | 59% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 25.6 | 20.3:1 | 61% (319) |
| 2022-23 | 521 | 25.6 | 20.4:1 | 75% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 24 | 20.8:1 | 77% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 27 | 20.4:1 | 65% (358) |
| 2015-16 | 564 | 25 | 22.6:1 | 75% (423) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 30 | 17.1:1 | 66% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 503 | 32 | 15.7:1 | 78% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 551 | 27 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL.
About ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL
Families in YONKERS, New York, are served by ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 500 students, in pre-K through 6.
YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 42 schools and 24,376 students, and ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 61% of enrollment at ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL. Enrollment also includes 16% White, 10% Black, 8% Asian, and 5% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 27% share among Westchester County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Teacher staffing is 24.9 full-time equivalents, or about 20.1 students per teacher. The 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 59%. Public schools in Westchester County average 38%.
Measured against New York public elementary schools, ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 45.9% actual against 53.4% predicted.
Census estimates describe Westchester County this way: median household income is about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Westchester County number 255 and enroll about 140,968.
The shortest distance from ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to HAMILTON SCHOOL. The five-mile area around ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 43.3% proficiency; ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL posts 45.9%.
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 498 in 2020-21 and 500 in 2024-25.
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Westchester County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
999,677
Census ACS
Median income
$118,976
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
255
140,968 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMYCombined · 1,234 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,176 students
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
- SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,039 students
Other schools in YONKERS
- YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMYCombined · 1,234 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,176 students
- CHARTER SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL EXCELLENCECombined · 1,127 students
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,111 students
- ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL - EARLY COLLEGE STUDIESHigh · 1,096 students
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,068 students
Nearby schools
- HAMILTON SCHOOL0.4 mi · 320
- MOUNT VERNON LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.5 mi · 382
- NELSON MANDELA/DR HOSA ZOLLICOFFER SCHOOL0.6 mi · 355
- MOUNT VERNON STEAM ACADEMY0.6 mi · 747
- INTELLECTUS PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOL0.7 mi · 97
- GRIMES SCHOOL0.7 mi · 330
Frequently asked questions
About ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOLHow many students attend ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL?
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL enrolls approximately 500 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL serve?
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL.
How diverse is ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL?
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL reports a student body of 16% White, 61% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL?
ROSEMARIE ANN SIRAGUSA SCHOOL is overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
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