CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in CATSKILL, New York, CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized high school, run under CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 394 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 41% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within CATSKILL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,208 students, CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 85% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.7%, the actual is 73.8%, a residual of +17.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate the typical household earns roughly $77,945 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 5,042 students).

CATSKILL MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CATSKILL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 407 students in 2018 compared to 394 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 11% to 5% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.