Yonkers City School District

Yonkers City School District enrolls 24,339 students across 40 ranked schools — a scale that sustains genuine program variety across grade levels, from traditional elementary campuses to specialized career and technical tracks at the secondary level. Families moving to or within Yonkers have a meaningful menu of schools to evaluate before committing to a neighborhood.

District-wide, schools average 5.6 out of 10 on MySchoolScout's ranking system. That mid-range average reflects real variation across all 40 campuses — the spread between the highest and lowest-rated schools is substantial, which means the district average alone is a poor predictor of any individual school's performance. School selection within Yonkers carries real weight. Parents who dig past the district number and compare individual campuses will find schools that significantly outperform the headline.

Yonkers High School leads all 40 schools with a 7.7 rating, the district's strongest result by a clear margin. Saunders Trades and Technical High School follows at 6.9, giving high school families two strong options — including a dedicated career and technical program that stands out at the secondary level. At the elementary level, School 30 rates 7.5, Eugenio Maria de Hostos Microsociety School reaches 7.0, and School 29 closes out the top five at 6.8. Three elementary campuses above 6.5 within one district gives families of younger students genuine, substantive options worth mapping against your home address.

The 2.1-point gap between the district average (5.6) and Yonkers High (7.7) is the most actionable data point on this page. It means the right school choice in Yonkers produces significantly better outcomes than what the district average implies. Identify your zone assignment early, ask whether school choice transfers are available, and prioritize firsthand visits to top-rated campuses — the differences are large enough to matter across an entire K-12 trajectory.