CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, a high-enrollment secondary school in NEW WINDSOR, New York, one of the schools within CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 1,010 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL sits 51% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in CORNWALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (2,985 students total), CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL lists that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% Asian, 4% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Orange County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 78.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Orange County) logs that median household earnings sit near $97,178, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VAILS GATE STEAM ACADEMY, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CORNWALL CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 62.9%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 1,105 students in 2018 compared to 1,010 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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