Mlk Jr High Tech & Computer Magnet School, Yonkers NY

Original Research by School Decision on Mlk Jr High Tech & Computer Magnet School

MLK Jr. High Tech and Computer Magnet School sits on Locust Hill Avenue in Yonkers, serving students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade within the Yonkers City School District. As a magnet school, it draws families with a technology and computer-focused identity, though the data available here does not detail what specific programs, courses, or specializations are currently offered. A parent would want to ask the school directly about what the technology and computer emphasis looks like in practice at each grade band.

On state assessments, the picture is uneven. Math proficiency across tested grades runs from roughly the high twenties to the low forties, with the fifth grade and eighth grade cohorts showing the strongest results and the seventh grade the weakest. English language arts results are more variable: third and fourth grade proficiency is quite low, fifth grade stands out as a considerably stronger result, and the middle grades settle back into the low-to-mid thirties range. In science, the fifth grade sits near forty percent proficient, while the eighth grade science result is low, though it is worth noting that only a small fraction of eighth graders appear to have been tested in that subject, so that figure carries less weight than a fuller cohort would. Social studies data in the payload dates to more than a decade ago and is not current.

Placed against districts in Westchester County, the school's overall proficiency index sits in the bottom quartile of that set. That context matters: Westchester County contains some of the highest-performing public school districts in New York State, so a bottom-quartile position here reflects both the school's own results and the strength of the comparison field. The school serves a community with a very high share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and the student body is predominantly Hispanic and Black. Data on English learner identification and students with IEPs was not available in what was provided, so those dimensions of student support remain unclear. A parent with a child who receives special services or is an English learner may want to follow up directly with the school.

Yonkers itself is a dense, varied city immediately north of New York City, with a waterfront downtown that has drawn substantial private investment over the past decade. New residential towers, a daylighted river park at Larkin Plaza, and the Lionsgate Studios complex have changed the texture of the city center, while concerns about displacement and rising costs remain active. Housing costs in this zip code are substantially above both the state and national median, and rents absorb a large share of income for many households. The city is well connected by Metro-North's Hudson Line and an extensive bus network.

Within the district, publicly reported changes give families relevant context. The district recently opened its first new school in decades, the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community School, a dual-language Pre-K through eighth grade facility, and has announced plans for a second new school at the former Mulford Gardens site. A long-running school modernization effort is working through the district's aging building stock. Separately, the district closed Museum School 25 at the end of the most recent school year, redirecting those families to the school-choice process. Governance is also distinctive: Yonkers is one of only two districts in New York State under mayoral control rather than an elected board, a structure that shapes how much formal input parents have over district-level decisions.

Graduation rate does not apply to this school, which serves only pre-kindergarten through eighth grade.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

1 course reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Science	44	50.0%

Math

Grade 334%

School 34% · District 50% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

Grade 431%

School 31% · District 53% · ▼ 22 pts below district

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 38 pts below county median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 43% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 632%

School 32% · District 45% · ▼ 13 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 729%

School 29% · District 45% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 840%

School 40% · District 38% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 320%

School 20% · District 49% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 36 pts below county median

Grade 418%

School 18% · District 46% · ▼ 29 pts below district

▼ 35 pts below state median · ▼ 44 pts below county median

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 50% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 630%

School 30% · District 45% · ▼ 15 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 735%

School 35% · District 47% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

Grade 828%

School 28% · District 45% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Science

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 35% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 813%

School 13% · District 17% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 580%

School 80% · district not reported

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 17 pts below county median

This schoolYONKERS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income23%Higher-income10%12 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income7%15 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income61%Higher-income78%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income33%Higher-income36%3 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income32%Higher-income27%6 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income41%Higher-income42%1 pp gap