Yonkers Pubic Schools governs all of the schools in Yonkers. It has over 25,000 students enrolled in 39 schools, from Kindergarten to grade 12. Of the 39 schools, 8 are high schools, 5 middle schools, 24 elementary schools, and 2 Kindergarten to grade 8 schools.
Yonkers is less than half an hour from New York City, where New York University is located. Also Hofstra University, located on Long Island is close by, as well as Rutgers University, which is about 40 minutes away in Newark. Also, within about a 90 minute drive are the very reknown Yale University, in New Haven, and Princeton University, in New Jersey.
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