COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Set in COOPERSTOWN, New York, COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a cozy senior high, one of the schools within COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 387 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 42% smaller than the state mean of about 668.
COOPERSTOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 768 students. COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (87%) are White. The remainder comes out to 8% Asian, 4% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Otsego County (around 42%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
With demographic context factored in, COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.0%.
Across the wider county, census data for Otsego County shows median household earnings sit near $68,885, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Otsego County (combined enrollment of about 6,216 students).
Nearest neighbor: COOPERSTOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 50.0%.
The school occupies an outlying site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COOPERSTOWN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 9%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 387 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 3% to 8% over that span.
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