COXSACKIE-ATHENS 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 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 16 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 21 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL
COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL is a modestly sized secondary school in COXSACKIE, New York, operated by COXSACKIE-ATHENS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school teaches 379 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 43% below typical.
COXSACKIE-ATHENS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,128 students; COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 6% Black. Compared to Greene County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the income-and-resources front, COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 26% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Greene County (around 46%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.3%; this one delivers 61.2%.
Zooming out to the county, Greene County reports that median household income runs about $77,945, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 5,042 students).
The closest other public school is COXSACKIE-ATHENS MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COXSACKIE-ATHENS HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 48.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 9%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 379 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 5% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.
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