Westchester Reporter

Yonkers City School District had the highest enrollment among Westchester County school districts, welcoming 24,049 students during the 2023-24 school year, according to the New York State Education Department.

Of all the students welcomed in the 2023-24 school year, 51% of them were boys, and 49% were girls.

Data also showed that the majority of students were Hispanic, making up 62.4% of Yonkers City School District's total enrollment.

Among the 48 districts in Westchester County, New Rochelle City School District ranked second in enrollment numbers with 10,070 students, while White Plains City School District welcomed 7,073 students and ranked third in the 2023-24 school year.

Yonkers City School District roughly covers schools within Westchester County and has a main office in Yonkers.

In the previous school year, Yonkers City School District also had the highest number of students among Westchester County districts.

As of 2024, New York has roughly one teacher for every 12 students, which is better than the national average of one teacher for every 15 students. A lower student-to-teacher ratio has been found to improve students' school performance.

District	City (main office)	Total Enrollment
Yonkers City School District	Yonkers	24,049
New Rochelle City School District	New Rochelle	10,070
White Plains City School District	White Plains	7,073
Mount Vernon School District	Mount Vernon	6,871
Mamaroneck Union Free School District	Mamaroneck	5,626
Lakeland Central School District	Shrub Oak	5,398
Ossining Union Free School District	Ossining	4,985
Scarsdale Union Free School District	Scarsdale	4,703
Port Chester-Rye Union Free School District	Port Chester	4,635
Harrison Central School District	Harrison	3,741
Peekskill City School District	Peekskill	3,713
Chappaqua Central School District	Chappaqua	3,549
Bedford Central School District	Mount Kisco	3,547
Yorktown Central School District	Yorktown Heights	3,530
Eastchester Union Free School District	Eastchester	3,028
Pelham Union Free School District	Pelham	2,836
Rye City School District	Rye	2,827
Katonah-Lewisboro Union Free School District	Katonah	2,788
Union Free School District of the Tarrytowns	Sleepy Hollow	2,734
Somers Central School District	Somers	2,611
Byram Hills Central School District	Armonk	2,342
Ardsley Union Free School District	Ardsley	2,323
Hendrick Hudson Central School District	Montrose	2,254
Mount Pleasant Central School District	Thornwood	1,934
Edgemont Union Free School District	Scarsdale	1,850
Irvington Union Free School District	Irvington	1,771
Greenburgh Central School District	Hartsdale	1,662
Pleasantville Union Free School District	Pleasantville	1,628
Croton-Harmon Union Free School District	Croton On Hudson	1,626
Hastings-On-Hudson Union Free School District	Hastings On Hudson	1,579
Bronxville Union Free School District	Bronxville	1,558
Dobbs Ferry Union Free School District	Dobbs Ferry	1,490
Rye Neck Union Free School District	Mamaroneck	1,482
Valhalla Union Free School District	Valhalla	1,442
Briarcliff Manor Union Free School District	Briarcliff Manor	1,346
Blind Brook-Rye Union Free School District	Rye Brook	1,296
Charter School of Educational Excellence	Yonkers	1,125
Tuckahoe Union Free School District	Eastchester	1,121
Elmsford Union Free School District	Elmsford	1,044
North Salem Central School District	North Salem	964
Greenburgh-North Castle Union Free School District	Dobbs Ferry	385
Amani Public Charter School	Mount Vernon	343
Pocantico Hills Central School District	Sleepy Hollow	339
Mount Pleasant-Cottage Union Free School District	Pleasantville	191
Hawthorne-Cedar Knolls Union Free School District	Hawthorne	129
Mount Pleasant-Blythedale Union Free School District	Valhalla	128
Greenburgh Eleven Union Free School District	Dobbs Ferry	87
Greenburgh-Graham Union Free School District	Hastings On Hudson	86