SCHOOL 16

SCHOOL 16 is a primary school of average-sized scale in YONKERS, New York, run under YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, teacheing 582 students in grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 443 students each, so SCHOOL 16 sits 31% above that benchmark.

YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 42 schools with combined enrollment of 24,376 students; SCHOOL 16 is among them.

On demographics, SCHOOL 16 logs that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 20% Black, 8% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Westchester County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHOOL 16 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.0%; this one delivers 44.0%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Westchester County put median household income runs about $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), SCHOOL 16 is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MUSEUM SCHOOL 25, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHOOL 16 at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 34.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 696 students in 2018 compared to 582 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.9:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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