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What's the most underrated thing about YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
540
Middle
DISTRICT 434 · STATE 531
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363192005591
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
150 ROCKLAND AVE, YONKERS, NY 10705 · (914) 376-8191 · Westchester County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of New York public middle schools
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.9:1 · STATE 10.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
413 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 243 | 45% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 55% |
Student demographics
57%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
42.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +9.0pp since 2023
Math
98.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 98 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 98.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 540 | 76.5% | 51.3% |
| MONHAGEN MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 826 | 74.7% | 37.5% |
| MIDDLETOWN TWIN TOWERS MIDDLE SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 820 | 76.7% | 39.2% |
| MILTON L OLIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL WYANDANCH | 546 | 76.9% | 32.1% |
| EDMUND W MILES MIDDLE SCHOOL AMITYVILLE | 592 | 73.1% | 36.5% |
| JHS 50 JOHN D WELLS BROOKLYN | 388 | 85.1% | 70.8% |
Matched among New York middle 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 YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Westchester County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #405 of 766 | #31 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #66 of 768 ▼ 11 | #6 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #480 of 768 ▲ 115 | #36 of 40 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #331 of 796 | #21 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #675 of 683 | #39 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.5% | #240 of 688 | #13 of 40 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.5% | #257 of 773 | #1 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.6% | #306 of 524 | #15 of 30 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
540
-95 (-15%) vs 2020
-24% since 2010-11, when it was 707
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 540 | 32.1 | 16.8:1 | 76% (413) |
| 2023-24 | 569 | 38.6 | 14.8:1 | 83% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 40.4 | 14.9:1 | 89% (532) |
| 2020-21 | 635 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 89% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 604 | 35 | 17.3:1 | 77% (467) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 86% (434) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 56 | 12.6:1 | 85% (598) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
In YONKERS, New York, YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 540 students on the rolls.
A total of 42 schools make up YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 24,376 students enrolled.
More than half of enrollment at YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is Hispanic: 61%. Next come 19% Black, 13% White, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 57%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is 16.8:1, based on 32.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in New York, 10.3:1, is lower. YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 76% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Westchester County is 38%.
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 57% of New York public middle schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the prediction is 46.9% and the result is 51.3%.
In the wider Westchester County area, median household income comes to about $118,976, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Westchester County counts 255 public schools with about 140,968 students.
Less than a tenth of a mile separates YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 51.3% against a local average of 38.9%.
NCES assigns YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 540 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 635.
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- YONKERS HIGH SCHOOL0.0 mi · 1,111
- SCHOOL 230.3 mi · 498
- ELLA FITZGERALD ACADEMY0.4 mi · 470
- ENRICO FERMI SCHOOL FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS0.5 mi · 857
- CESAR E CHAVEZ SCHOOL0.5 mi · 574
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 1,176
Frequently asked questions
About YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 61% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
YONKERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.