CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 36500 NYS RT 26, in CARTHAGE, New York, CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized senior high that instructs 887 students (grades 9 through 12), run under CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

Across the 5 schools in CARTHAGE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,168 students total), CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $66,301, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CARTHAGE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.4%.

CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARTHAGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 898 (now 887). White enrollment moved from 79% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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