CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the rural-scale senior highs in CANAJOHARIE, New York, run under CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 249 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% below the state mean of about 668.

CANAJOHARIE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 845 students. CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (96%) are White. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Montgomery County (around 62%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 76.2%, a residual of +17.6 points.

Around the school, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,943 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students).

EAST HILL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.8%.

CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANAJOHARIE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 8%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 249 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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