- 1061 N Broadway
- Yonkers, NY 10701
- (914) 376-8563
Magnet | Grades PK, K-5 | Yonkers City School District
About Foxfire School
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Foxfire School is located in Yonkers, NY and is one of 29 elementary schools in Yonkers City School District. It is a magnet school that serves 413 students in grades PK, K-5.
Magnet schools are public schools that offer a specialized curriculum or educational philosophy, often with a specific focus or theme. Magnet schools promote student diversity because they are open to students outside the normal school district boundaries and often attract high caliber students through competitive programs.
Foxfire School made AYP in 2008. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of New York in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Foxfire School's test results to learn more about school performance.
In 2007, Foxfire School had 12 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The New York average is 13 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Foxfire School's students and teachers.
Foxfire School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2007)
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Hispanic
47 %
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Black
37 %
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White
11 %
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Asian/Pacific Islander
5 %
- Students by Gender (2006)
- Male 54%
- Female 46%
Foxfire School Reviews
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Foxfire Elementary School is a small school which is very family oriented. The principal, Mr. Jim Colassaco, it's teachers, and other support staff's main goal is to help the students achieve and believe that they can and will do better. While it is lacking in a guidance counselor and certain other additional support staff, the school does have a school psychologist. Also the principal himself is like a one man army and is very good at it. He is a friendly man (greeting every parent, staff worker, and child on a daily basis). He is also very fair with his staff and always has the child's best interest as a top priority. Which in turn helps his teachers and make his staff want to work harder. That in turn encourages the students to work harder. While there are some problem children (behavior and academic), the classes are small. This makes working with those special needs children easier to help and gives the teacher more time to provide one on one and small group instruction. Overall most of the kinks are lack of funding (which is a problem in schools throughout our nation, sadly), lack of school staff such as AP and guidance, and over caring (if that can be a problem). On the positive side the school is child friendly, family oriented, well run, very caring, and has small class sizes. Out of 5 stars I would rate the school 4 out 5 only for the things, like funding, which can't be changed without government and district support.
Nov 7, 2008
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