Summary:
The Yonkers City School District has two middle schools: Yonkers Middle School and Cross Hill Academy. Both schools have consistently low academic performance, ranking in the bottom quarter of New York middle schools according to SchoolDigger rankings.
Yonkers Middle School and Cross Hill Academy perform significantly below the state average on most standardized tests, with proficiency rates ranging from around 20-40% in English Language Arts and Math. Yonkers Middle School has slightly higher proficiency rates than Cross Hill Academy in most subject areas. Both schools also lag behind the Yonkers City School District average on most test scores.
The schools face socioeconomic challenges, with high percentages of free and reduced-price lunch recipients, ranging from 81.66% at Cross Hill Academy to 88.52% at Yonkers Middle School. Despite these challenges, there is no clear evidence of significant improvement in the schools' performance over the past few years, as their rankings and proficiency rates have remained relatively stagnant or even declined in some cases.
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