📍 201 Palisade Ave, Yonkers, Westchester County, 10703
Barack Obama School for Social Justice is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Yonkers, Westchester County. The school has 807 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Yonkers City School District school district. It serves grades 7–12 in a suburban setting. 57% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 72%. The school offers dual enrollment. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Barack Obama School for Social Justice enrolls 807 students across grades 7–12. The student body is 51% male and 49% female.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 5.2% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 498 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 205 | 25% |
| White | 42 | 5.2% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 20 | 2.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
716 of the school's 807 students (89%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 694 qualify for free lunch and 22 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Barack Obama School for Social Justice is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district NY At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 35, state house district 89.
Barack Obama School for Social Justice is one of 40 schools in YONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in YONKERS, New York. The district serves 24,304 students district-wide and employs 1,432 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 807 students, Barack Obama School for Social Justice is larger than the district average of about 608 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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