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Yonkers City School District

Yonkers, New York · Superintendent: Anibal Soler · #3 of 404 New York districts by enrollment

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24,304

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$22,500

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the New York median

17.1

Students per teacher

2024-25 · New York median 11.3

Yonkers City School District is a public school district based in Yonkers, New York, serving 24,304 students in 40 schools. By enrollment it ranks #3 of the 404 New York districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 100% of them. Its schools average 608 students each, more than the New York median of 538. Its superintendent is Anibal Soler. It spends about $22,500 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.1 students per teacher.

How Yonkers City compares

Yonkers CityNew York median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$22,500

New York median $23,514 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$15,805

New York median $15,327 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school608

New York median 538 · 13% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.1

New York median 11.3 · 51% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor640

New York median 284 · 125% above · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$666.4 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 6%State 57%Local 37%

Measure	Yonkers City	New York median	Year
Current spending per student	$22,500	$23,514	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$15,805	$15,327	FY2020-21
Total spending	$672.8 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$666.4 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	1,421	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	3,470	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.1	11.3	2024-25
Students per counselor	640	284	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The New York median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Anibal Soler

Superintendent, Yonkers City School District

Source: New York State Education Department, SEDREF, checked 2026-10-05. Report a change

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Peer districts in New York

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Buffalo City School DistrictBuffalo	30,077	61	$21,561	10.5	#2
Yonkers City School DistrictYonkers · this district	24,304	40	$22,500	17.1	#3
Rochester City School DistrictRochester	21,990	40	$23,558	10.3	#4
Syracuse City School DistrictSyracuse	18,662	31	$21,368	10.9	#5
Brentwood Union Free School DistrictBrentwood	18,462	17	$21,727	14.1	#6

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Hays CISDKyle, TX	24,330	$10,231	15.5
Paterson Public School DistrictPaterson, NJ	24,291	$20,367	14.0
Springfield R-XIISpringfield, MO	24,285	$11,846	13.9
Huntsville CityHuntsville, AL	24,222	$11,277	17.8

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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