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Enrollment
1,299
High
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360657000438
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL
30 FAIR ST, CARMEL, NY 10512 · (845) 225-8441 · Putnam County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,299 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 84% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
12.6:1
103 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
466 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 9 | 300 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 301 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 342 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 339 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 17 | 1% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · 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 CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
88.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
80.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (80.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,299 | 35.9% | 80.5% |
| FOX LANE HIGH SCHOOL BEDFORD | 1,155 | 36.5% | 81.5% |
| VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 1,385 | 36.2% | 78.3% |
| WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 1,308 | 35.9% | 69.7% |
| LONG BEACH HIGH SCHOOL LONG BEACH | 1,253 | 31.8% | 72.5% |
| ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WAPPINGERS FALLS | 1,557 | 39.4% | 58.5% |
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 CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #177 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #331 of 1,109 ▼ 132 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #241 of 1,135 ▼ 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,299 | #146 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #782 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #305 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.9% | #925 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #422 of 743 |
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
1,299
-104 (-7%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 1,168
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 1,299 | 103.3 | 12.6:1 | 36% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 1,321 | 107.5 | 12.3:1 | 36% (473) |
| 2022-23 | 1,365 | 103.4 | 13.2:1 | 36% (488) |
| 2020-21 | 1,403 | 110 | 12.8:1 | 28% (395) |
| 2017-18 | 1,448 | 114.5 | 12.6:1 | 26% (380) |
| 2015-16 | 1,434 | 99 | 14.5:1 | 18% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 1,567 | 106 | 14.8:1 | 13% (207) |
| 2000-01 | 1,446 | 100 | 14.5:1 | 4% (58) |
| 1990-91 | 1,168 | 101 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL.
About CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school in New York, with an address in CARMEL. The school has 1,299 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 94% bigger than average.
Within CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 3,651 students.
The largest group at CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 51%. The remaining students are 39% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. Among people living in Putnam County, the White share is about 75%. The diversity index for CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 103.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.6:1. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 36%.
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 84% of New York public high schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL would score about 61.8%. It scores 80.5%, 18.7 points above that figure.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Putnam County show that the median household earns about $126,257 a year, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Putnam County has 23 public schools with about 12,955 students, including CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL.
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is GEORGE FISCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 50.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
Federal data place CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
A 7% drop took enrollment from 1,403 in 2020-21 to 1,299 in 2024-25.
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Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,107
Census ACS
Median income
$126,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
12,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GEORGE FISCHER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,138 students
- MATTHEW PATERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 464 students
- KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- KENT PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- PUTNAM COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITYElementary
Other schools in CARMEL
- GEORGE FISCHER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,138 students
- KENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 384 students
- KENT PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 366 students
- PUTNAM COUNTY CORRECTIONAL FACILITYElementary
Other Carmel High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Carmel High. CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Carmel High SchoolCarmel, IN · 5,239 students
- Carmel HighCarmel, CA · 780 students
Nearby schools
- GEORGE FISCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,138
- C V STARR INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 664
- HENRY H WELLS MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 656
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 485
- JOHN F KENNEDY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 592
- BREWSTER HIGH SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,076
Frequently asked questions
About CARMEL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL?
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,299 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 12.6:1 (103 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL?
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 51% White, 39% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
CARMEL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CARMEL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.