WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL

Set in YONKERS, New York, WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL is a low-enrollment K-5 school, run under YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 338 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 443 students.

WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL is one of 42 schools operated by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 24,376 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest reads as 29% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Westchester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 25.5%.

In the area at large, 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), WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ZICCOLELLA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.3%.

WILLIAM BOYCE THOMPSON SCHOOL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 35%: 518 students in 2018 compared to 338 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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