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Alumni: what's one memory from SCHOOL 5 that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 484 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192004252
SCHOOL 5
118 LOCKWOOD AVE, YONKERS, NY 10701 · (914) 376-8320 · Westchester County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
20.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
409 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 | 32 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 51 | 9% |
| Grade 8 | 58 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 31% smaller than its 8th grade class (58).
Student demographics
55%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
38.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 38 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 up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
34.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 5
SCHOOL 5's state test result (34.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SCHOOL 5 this school | 572 | 71.5% | 34.2% |
| SCHOOL 29 YONKERS | 580 | 66.9% | 44.2% |
| SCHOOL 16 YONKERS | 582 | 67.9% | 44.0% |
| FAMILY SCHOOL 32 YONKERS | 562 | 67.1% | 35.7% |
| PS 163 ALFRED E SMITH NEW YORK | 466 | 67.4% | 54.6% |
| NORTHWEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AMITYVILLE | 525 | 71.0% | N/A |
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 5 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #1,872 of 2,335 | #108 of 120 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #2,090 of 2,342 ▼ 31 | #119 of 127 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #1,907 of 2,343 ▼ 256 | #113 of 127 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 572 | #563 of 2,585 | #36 of 146 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #2,302 of 2,338 | #136 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,026 of 2,388 | #65 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.5% | #955 of 2,534 | #17 of 137 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #1,323 of 1,757 | #63 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
572
-27 (-5%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 478
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 22.2:1
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 | 572 | 27.9 | 20.5:1 | 72% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 27.6 | 20.6:1 | 66% (373) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 27.5 | 20.9:1 | 75% (433) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 27 | 22.2:1 | 78% (465) |
| 2017-18 | 618 | 30 | 20.6:1 | 58% (357) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 74% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 29 | 20.9:1 | 66% (399) |
| 2000-01 | 525 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 72% (376) |
| 1990-91 | 478 | 30 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SCHOOL 5.
About SCHOOL 5
SCHOOL 5 is an elementary school in YONKERS, New York, reachable at (914) 376-8320. A federal count lists 572 students at the school, in pre-K through 8. Average enrollment for elementary schools in New York is about 443, so this school runs 29% above that.
YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 24,376 students, and its 42 schools include SCHOOL 5.
A majority of students at SCHOOL 5, 65%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% Black, 12% White, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Westchester County's residents are about 27% Hispanic, 37 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at SCHOOL 5 belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 55%.
Teacher staffing is 27.9 full-time equivalents, or about 20.5 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 72%. It compares with 38% for public schools in Westchester County.
The allk12 Grade for SCHOOL 5 is C-. Compared with New York public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 19% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The model predicts 48.7% for a school in New York with SCHOOL 5's free or reduced-price lunch share. SCHOOL 5 posts 34.2%.
Westchester County census figures show that median household income is about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. SCHOOL 5 is among the 255 public schools in Westchester County.
The closest other public school is PAIDEIA SCHOOL 24, about 0.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, SCHOOL 5 is behind the 40.7% nearby average, ranking 6th of 7.
Federal data place SCHOOL 5 in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
SCHOOL 5 had 599 students in 2020-21 and 572 in 2024-25, a 5% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 22.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 20.5:1.
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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
Other School 5 schools
3 other US public schools in 2 states are named School 5. SCHOOL 5 is the 2nd largest of the 4.
Nearby schools
- PAIDEIA SCHOOL 240.3 mi · 281
- SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,039
- SCHOOL 170.8 mi · 282
- GREENBURGH ACADEMY0.9 mi · 136
- SCHOOL 91.0 mi · 278
- GORTON HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,068
Frequently asked questions
About SCHOOL 5How large is SCHOOL 5?
SCHOOL 5 enrolls approximately 572 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does SCHOOL 5 serve?
SCHOOL 5 serves grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 5?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SCHOOL 5 is approximately 20.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SCHOOL 5?
SCHOOL 5 reports a student body of 12% White, 65% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is SCHOOL 5 in?
SCHOOL 5 is part of YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.