YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY

Set in YONKERS, New York, YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY is a big K-12 campus, overseen by YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 1,234 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 127% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 544 students.

Across the 42 schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (24,376 students total), YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 29% White, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Westchester County's rate of about 38%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.9%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Westchester County indicate median household income runs about $118,976, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Westchester County's 255 public schools (combined enrollment of about 140,968 students), YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

PS 16 WAKEFIELD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 1,388 students in 2018 compared to 1,234 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 37% to 29% over that span.

On the community side, members of the YONKERS MONTESSORI ACADEMY community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.