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Enrollment
580
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004271
SCHOOL 29
47 CROYDON RD, YONKERS, NY 10710 · (914) 376-8585 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL580 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 41% 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.
- 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
13.5:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
388 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 54 | 9% |
| Ungraded | 43 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (68) is 26% larger than its 8th grade class (54).
Student demographics
58%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
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 29
SCHOOL 29's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 29 this school | 580 | 66.9% | 44.2% |
| SCHOOL 16 YONKERS | 582 | 67.9% | 44.0% |
| FAMILY SCHOOL 32 YONKERS | 562 | 67.1% | 35.7% |
| SCHOOL 5 YONKERS | 572 | 71.5% | 34.2% |
| LEO F GIBLYN SCHOOL FREEPORT | 519 | 66.5% | 61.9% |
| PS 163 ALFRED E SMITH NEW YORK | 466 | 67.4% | 54.6% |
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 29 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,425 of 2,335 | #81 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,667 of 2,342 ▼ 155 | #104 of 127 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,579 of 2,343 ▼ 435 | #94 of 127 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 580 | #535 of 2,585 | #30 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,763 of 2,338 | #101 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #835 of 2,388 | #46 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.9% | #1,034 of 2,534 | #25 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #1,208 of 1,757 | #51 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
580
-45 (-7%) vs 2020
+55% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 580 | 42.9 | 13.5:1 | 67% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 42.2 | 14.5:1 | 67% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 640 | 42.2 | 15.2:1 | 73% (466) |
| 2020-21 | 625 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 75% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 638 | 43 | 14.8:1 | 61% (392) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 73% (450) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 51 | 12.6:1 | 62% (401) |
| 2000-01 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 54% (180) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 29.
About SCHOOL 29
SCHOOL 29 is a mid-sized elementary school in YONKERS, New York, under YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment stands at 580 students, covering pre-K through 8. That puts enrollment 31% above the 443-student average for elementary schools in New York.
SCHOOL 29 is among 42 schools run by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 24,376 students.
About 62% of the student body at SCHOOL 29 is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 27% of Westchester County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 58%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 29 is 13.5:1, based on 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for elementary schools in New York. SCHOOL 29 counts 67% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
Among New York public elementary schools, SCHOOL 29 outscored 41%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SCHOOL 29 is -6.2 points: 44.2% actual, 50.4% predicted.
In Westchester County, the median household earns about $118,976 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Westchester County, 255 public schools serve about 140,968 students.
About 0.6 miles separate SCHOOL 29 from the closest public school, ROBERT C DODSON SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. SCHOOL 29 ranks 6th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 44.2% against a local average of 59.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 7%, from 625 to 580. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 13.5:1, from 15.2:1.
This page is set up for the SCHOOL 29 community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
- ROBERT C DODSON SCHOOL0.6 mi · 720
- CASIMIR PULASKI SCHOOL0.8 mi · 579
- FAMILY SCHOOL 321.1 mi · 562
- KAHLIL GIBRAN SCHOOL1.2 mi · 539
- PAIDEIA SCHOOL 151.2 mi · 583
- GREENVILLE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 29How large is SCHOOL 29?
SCHOOL 29 enrolls approximately 580 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does SCHOOL 29 serve?
SCHOOL 29 serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SCHOOL 29?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at SCHOOL 29.
How diverse is SCHOOL 29?
SCHOOL 29 reports a student body of 11% White, 62% Hispanic, 17% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is SCHOOL 29 public or private?
SCHOOL 29 is a public K-12 school, overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.