ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a cozy middle-grades school in ATTICA, New York, one of the schools within ATTICA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 346 students spanning grades 5 through 9. Compared to the state average of about 531 students per school, that is 35% below typical.
ATTICA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,124 students. ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (93%) are White. Beyond that, the school shows 4% Hispanic. Compared to Wyoming County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.8%; this one delivers 53.5%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Wyoming County shows median household income runs about $69,110, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Wyoming County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,159 students), ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
ATTICA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 57.3%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Looking at the recent track record. ATTICA JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 385 (now 346). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.
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