THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY

THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY operates as an intimate elementary school in YONKERS, New York, operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 262 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 41% below the state mean of about 443.

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

In terms of who attends, THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (90%). Other groups include 6% Black, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

After controlling for student poverty, THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

In the surrounding community, Westchester County reports that median household income runs about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at THOMAS CORNELL ACADEMY has fell 31%, going from 380 students in 2018 to 262 in 2024. Hispanic enrollment moved from 72% to 90% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 20.0:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2024.

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