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How has DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
399
High
DISTRICT 362 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DELAWARE ACADEMY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT DELHI·NCES 360891000681
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
2 SHELDON DR, DELHI, NY 13753 · (607) 746-1281 · Delaware County
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
151 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 50 | 13% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DELAWARE ACADEMY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT DELHI. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
59.5%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
64.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.5% | 64.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 68.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 399 | 37.8% | 63.7% |
| CALEDONIA-MUMFORD MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL CALEDONIA | 404 | 37.1% | 63.5% |
| LOWVILLE HIGH SCHOOL LOWVILLE | 385 | 37.1% | 76.0% |
| PEMBROKE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CORFU | 437 | 38.7% | 73.1% |
| NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWFANE | 393 | 38.2% | 72.5% |
| SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 376 | 38.0% | 75.7% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #470 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.9% | #360 of 1,109 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #795 of 1,135 ▲ 106 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #712 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.1:1 | #154 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #966 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.8% | #885 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #699 of 743 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
399
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 552
Student : Teacher
9.1:1
was 12.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 399 | 44 | 9.1:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2023-24 | 403 | 45.1 | 8.9:1 | 50% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 33.1 | 12.2:1 | 40% (163) |
| 2020-21 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 37% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 39.1 | 10.4:1 | 33% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 373 | 36 | 10.4:1 | 26% (96) |
| 2010-11 | 266 | 26 | 10.2:1 | 51% (135) |
| 2000-01 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 34% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 552 | 48 | 11.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
About DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, located in DELHI, New York, is a small high school. It has an enrollment of 399 students in grades 6 through 12. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
DELAWARE ACADEMY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT DELHI is made up of 2 schools with 724 students in all.
The share of White students at DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is 93%. The remaining shares are 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. In Delaware County overall, the White share is about 90%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL scores 13%.
There are 44 full-time-equivalent teachers at DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 9.1:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. By family income, 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 47% average for public schools in Delaware County.
Among New York public high schools, DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is +2.6 points: 63.7% actual, 61.1% predicted.
Looking at the county, Delaware County, the median household earns about $63,337 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Delaware County has 21 public schools with about 5,307 students, including DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL has 2 other public schools within ten miles. The nearest schools with test data average 49.8%, lower than DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL's 63.7%.
Federal data place DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Remote locale, which means it is in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 405 in 2020-21, 399 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 12.7:1 to 9.1:1.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL. You can also rate the school on this page.
Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DELAWARE ACADEMY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT DELHI
- DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 325 students
Nearby schools
- DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 325
- ANDES CENTRAL SCHOOL8.6 mi · 73
- SOUTH KORTRIGHT CENTRAL SCHOOL12.3 mi · 287
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.9 mi · 348
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOL13.3 mi · 271
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL13.3 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL?
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 399 students in grades 06-12.
Is DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many teachers does DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL have?
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1:1.
How diverse is DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL?
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by DELAWARE ACADEMY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT AT DELHI.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.