Enrollment
249
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360522000246
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL
2820 RT 226, BRADFORD, NY 14815 · (607) 583-4616 · Schuyler County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL249 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of New York public K-12 schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
128 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 15 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 9% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 19 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 14 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 24 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 16 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 25% smaller than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
2%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +10.4pp since 2023
Math
70.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.2% | 70.8% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 88.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 249 | 51.4% | 59.3% |
| SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL SHARON SPRINGS | 264 | 52.7% | 47.1% |
| SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL SCIO | 267 | 52.8% | 57.4% |
| WALTON HIGH SCHOOL WALTON | 271 | 53.1% | 63.2% |
| HAMMOND CENTRAL SCHOOL HAMMOND | 225 | 48.0% | 52.4% |
| BELFAST SCHOOL BELFAST | 318 | 51.9% | 62.4% |
Matched among New York K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #27 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #25 of 101 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.2% | #33 of 101 ▲ 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 249 | #132 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.9:1 | #79 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.4% | #152 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.4% | #77 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #80 of 95 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
249
+20 (+9%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 348
Student : Teacher
7.9:1
was 7.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 249 | 31.6 | 7.9:1 | 51% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 248 | 30.6 | 8.1:1 | 47% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 32.1 | 8.1:1 | 47% (123) |
| 2020-21 | 229 | 30 | 7.6:1 | 55% (127) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 31.5 | 8.3:1 | 63% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 270 | 28 | 9.6:1 | 59% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 305 | 30 | 10.2:1 | 62% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 311 | 24 | 13.0:1 | 37% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 348 | 31 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL
Among the schools in BRADFORD, New York, is BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL, a low-enrollment combined-grade school. The student body numbers 249 students, from pre-K through 12. Average enrollment for combined schools in New York is about 544, so this school runs 54% smaller than that.
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL falls under BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
The student body at BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is 99% White. The school's diversity index is 2%, meaning two students picked at random have a 2% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL operates with 31.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 7.9:1. On average, combined schools in New York have 8.7:1, compared with 7.9:1 here. BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL reports 51% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL a B+. The grade compares the school only with New York public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is 3.3 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 59.3% actual, 56.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New York.
Schuyler County has about 17,562 residents, and the median household income is $67,663, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Besides BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL, Schuyler County has 5 other public schools.
The closest public school to BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is GLENN H CURTISS MEMORIAL SCHOOL, about 6.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 3 other public schools are within ten miles. On proficiency, BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is ahead of the 54.9% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 9%, to 249.
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Schuyler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,562
Census ACS
Median income
$67,663
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,801 students
Quick facts
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- GLENN H CURTISS MEMORIAL SCHOOL6.9 mi · 199
- HAMMONDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.9 mi · 193
- CAMPBELL-SAVONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.1 mi · 436
- CAMPBELL-SAVONA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 343
- WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 460
- WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL11.8 mi · 419
Frequently asked questions
About BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOLHow many students attend BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL?
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 249 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 7.9:1 (32 FTE teachers).
How diverse is BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL?
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 99% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL?
BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Schuyler County.
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