Enrollment
306
High
DISTRICT 354 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360642000424
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1 ACADEMY ST, CANDOR, NY 13743 · (607) 659-5020 · Tioga County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL306 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 26% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
200 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 68 | 22% |
| Grade 8 | 38 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 52 | 17% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
54.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
49.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.2% | 49.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 46.1% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 306 | 65.4% | 46.4% |
| FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT PLAIN | 316 | 62.7% | 52.9% |
| HANNIBAL HIGH SCHOOL HANNIBAL | 334 | 59.9% | 41.2% |
| UNADILLA VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW BERLIN | 341 | 59.8% | 44.0% |
| SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL SPENCER | 234 | 61.1% | 72.8% |
| OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ST JOHNSVILLE | 349 | 57.9% | 47.6% |
Matched among New York high 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 CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #795 of 1,135 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #608 of 1,109 ▲ 75 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.2% | #886 of 1,135 ▲ 28 | #6 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 306 | #913 of 1,216 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #170 of 1,058 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.3% | #988 of 1,070 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.4% | #565 of 1,167 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.8% | #375 of 743 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
306
-44 (-13%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 435
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 306 | 33.3 | 9.2:1 | 65% (200) |
| 2023-24 | 289 | 35.9 | 8.1:1 | 64% (184) |
| 2022-23 | 306 | 36.9 | 8.3:1 | 60% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 350 | 36 | 9.7:1 | 55% (192) |
| 2017-18 | 347 | 34 | 10.2:1 | 48% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 33 | 10.4:1 | 52% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 26 | 14.9:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2000-01 | 507 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 25% (125) |
| 1990-91 | 435 | 34 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, located in CANDOR, New York, is a small high school. Students in grades 7 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 306 students. The typical figure for high schools in New York is about 668 students.
CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the local district for CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. It runs 2 schools with 707 students.
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment is 94% White. The school is also 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, Tioga County is about 94% White. CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 9.2:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 9.2:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 65%. The 53% average for public schools in Tioga County is 12 points lower.
Measured against New York public high schools, CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 51.0% for a school in New York with CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 46.4%.
Across Tioga County, the median household income is $72,739, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Tioga County has 21 public schools and roughly 7,112 students.
The closest public school, CANDOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile from CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. By average proficiency, CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd among 6 schools close by.
NCES assigns CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment declined from 350 in 2020-21 to 306 in 2024-25.
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Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,864
Census ACS
Median income
$72,739
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,112 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CANDOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 401 students
Nearby schools
- CANDOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 401
- MACCORMICK SECURE CENTER6.8 mi · 22
- TIOGA COUNTY JAIL7.0 mi · 1
- NATHAN T HALL SCHOOL7.7 mi · 325
- NEWARK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL7.7 mi · 278
- SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL8.2 mi · 236
Frequently asked questions
About CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 306 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by CANDOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tioga County.
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