Best Elementary Schools in Yonkers, NY (2025-26)
Every ranked elementary school in Yonkers, NY, ordered by SchoolGrade. A grade rewards actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact. Click a column heading to sort, or filter by school, city or district.
Yonkers, NY rankings: Elementary Schools
Yonkers, NY elementary schools ranked
How Yonkers, NY's elementary schools compare
A: 2B: 3C: 5D: 16F: 1
19% of the 27 ranked elementary schools in Yonkers, NY earn an A or B (2 A grades, 3 B, 5 C, 16 D, 1 F), against 46% of elementary schools nationwide. 21 schools meet or beat the proficiency projected from their student context (78% here, 70% nationally), and 13 exceed it. On average 44% of tested students meet the state bar against a projected 36% (national averages: 46% actual, 37% projected).
The biggest overperformers, by actual proficiency above projection: Montessori School 27 (64% against 29%, B), Cesar E Chavez School (51% against 24%, C+), Pearls Hawthorne School (89% against 65%, A+), School 30 (62% against 39%, B), Patricia A Dichiaro School (78% against 60%, A).
Districts with the most schools in the top quarter (the top 10): Yonkers City School District (10).
The largest ranked elementary schools: Enrico Fermi School For The Performing Arts (846 students, D-, #25), Pearls Hawthorne School (781 students, A+, #1), Robert C Dodson School (715 students, D+, #12).
Of the top 25, 16 are magnet schools and 0 are charters. Selective and specialised schools tend to post high actual scores; the projection column is the fairer comparison for a neighborhood school.
Elementary schools in Yonkers, NY that are not ranked
3 graded elementary schools are listed here rather than ranked, each for the reason given. Every one has its own page with its full SchoolGrade report.
Not yet graded (3)
Our source data has no school-level proficiency results for these schools, so they carry no SchoolGrade yet.
- School 9, Yonkers
- Thomas Cornell Academy, Yonkers
- Yonkers Early Childhood Academy, Yonkers
About this ranking
- Scope: public elementary schools in Yonkers, NY, as grouped on its schools page; the New York ranking covers the whole state.
- Order: SchoolGrade, then actual proficiency, then name; schools with the same grade and score share a rank.
- Ranked: regular public schools that NCES lists as open, not fully online, with at least 30 students. Others are listed with the reason.
- Tags: Magnet and Charter from the NCES school directory; K-12 marks schools serving every grade that are ranked with the elementary schools.
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model. How SchoolGrade works
Questions about elementary schools in Yonkers, NY
What is the best elementary school in Yonkers, NY?
Pearls Hawthorne School in Yonkers ranks first among the 27 ranked elementary schools in Yonkers, NY with a SchoolGrade of A+, 89% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 65%.
How are elementary schools in Yonkers, NY ranked?
By SchoolGrade, the 2025-26 model that scores each school's actual test proficiency against the level projected for its student context, then by actual proficiency to break ties. Regular public schools that are open, not fully online and have at least 30 students are ranked; the rest are listed below the table with the reason.
How many elementary schools does Yonkers, NY have?
SchoolGrade grades 30 public elementary schools in Yonkers, NY; 27 are ranked here and 3 are listed as not ranked.