1
What's the best and worst thing about the food at SCHOOL 23?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
498
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004266
SCHOOL 23
56 VAN CORTLANDT PK AVE, YONKERS, NY 10701 · (914) 376-8445 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL498 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of New York public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
18.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
421 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 | 34 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 32 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 61 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 21% smaller than its 8th grade class (61).
Student demographics
52%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
33.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 SCHOOL 23
SCHOOL 23's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 23 this school | 498 | 84.5% | 37.8% |
| SCHOOL 22-LINCOLN SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 522 | 85.8% | 14.5% |
| RIVERSIDE SCHOOL FOR MAKERS AND ARTISTS (THE) NEW YORK | 480 | 86.0% | 17.5% |
| NEIGHBORHOOD CHARTER SCHOOL-BRONX BRONX | 472 | 84.3% | 71.2% |
| SEYMOUR DUAL LANGUAGE ACADEMY SYRACUSE | 448 | 83.0% | 5.7% |
| PS 138 SAMUEL RANDALL BRONX | 479 | 87.7% | 36.2% |
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 SCHOOL 23 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,723 of 2,335 | #97 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,091 of 2,342 ▼ 494 | #120 of 127 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #2,059 of 2,343 ▼ 944 | #120 of 127 ▼ 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 498 | #837 of 2,585 | #59 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #2,267 of 2,338 | #131 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.6% | #1,163 of 2,388 | #78 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.5% | #629 of 2,534 | #2 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #668 of 1,757 | #22 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
498
-48 (-9%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 560
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 498 | 27.2 | 18.3:1 | 85% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 484 | 29.1 | 16.7:1 | 75% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 485 | 27.7 | 17.5:1 | 88% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 28 | 19.5:1 | 90% (491) |
| 2017-18 | 614 | 28 | 21.9:1 | 77% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 29 | 20.3:1 | 93% (548) |
| 2010-11 | 567 | 35 | 16.2:1 | 75% (425) |
| 2000-01 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 83% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 560 | 34 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 23.
About SCHOOL 23
SCHOOL 23 is a medium-sized elementary school in YONKERS, New York, (ZIP code 10701). The school's 498 students are in pre-K through 8.
District-wide, YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 42 schools and 24,376 students.
SCHOOL 23's enrollment is 65% Hispanic. Other groups include 23% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Westchester County residents are about 27% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at SCHOOL 23 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Dividing enrollment by its 27.2 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 18.3:1. Among elementary schools in New York, the typical ratio is 12.8:1. Eligible students account for 85% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. On average, public schools in Westchester County report 38%.
allk12 grades SCHOOL 23 a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Test results at SCHOOL 23 are 6.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (37.8% actual, 43.9% predicted).
SCHOOL 23 is located in Westchester County, where median household income is about $118,976, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 53%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. SCHOOL 23 is one of 255 public schools in Westchester County, which together enroll about 140,968 students.
The nearest other public school, ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS, is about 0.2 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of SCHOOL 23. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SCHOOL 23 ranks 4th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students declined from 546 to 498 over 4 years. Students per teacher fell from 19.5 in 2020-21 to 18.3 in 2024-25.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS0.2 mi · 857
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,111
- ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY0.3 mi · 470
- YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 540
- CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL0.5 mi · 574
- THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY0.6 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 23How many students attend SCHOOL 23?
SCHOOL 23 enrolls approximately 498 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does SCHOOL 23 serve?
SCHOOL 23 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL 23?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL 23.
How diverse is SCHOOL 23?
SCHOOL 23 reports a student body of 4% White, 65% Hispanic, 23% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SCHOOL 23?
SCHOOL 23 is overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Westchester County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.