SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

As a substantial senior high in YONKERS, New York, SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL hosts 1,039 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 56% larger than the state mean of about 668.

YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 42 schools in total, collectively educating 24,376 students. SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder comes out to 19% White, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Westchester County (around 38%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate the typical household earns roughly $118,976 per year, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Westchester County runs 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), of which SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SCHOOL 5, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 1,126 students in 2018 compared to 1,039 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 57% to 63% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.