Enrollment
356
High
DISTRICT 261 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360933000713
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL
118 FREEVILLE RD, DRYDEN, NY 13053 · (607) 844-8694 · Tompkins County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL356 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 66% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
9.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
142 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 9 | 80 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 94 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 80 | 22% |
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
67.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
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 67 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 up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
69.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (69.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL this school | 356 | 39.9% | 69.2% |
| WATERFORD-HALFMOON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WATERFORD | 330 | 40.3% | 63.7% |
| SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 376 | 38.0% | 75.7% |
| HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL HOOSICK FALLS | 342 | 38.9% | 76.8% |
| NEWFANE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWFANE | 393 | 38.2% | 72.5% |
| CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL CHATHAM | 316 | 37.3% | 76.8% |
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 DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.2% | #364 of 1,135 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.0% | #314 of 1,109 ▲ 99 | #1 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #342 of 1,135 ▲ 126 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 356 | #820 of 1,216 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #251 of 1,058 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.6% | #792 of 1,070 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.9% | #854 of 1,167 | #3 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.8% | #183 of 743 | N/A |
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
356
-51 (-13%) vs 2020
-60% since 1990-91, when it was 893
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 356 | 36.8 | 9.7:1 | 40% (142) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 39.6 | 8.7:1 | 48% (167) |
| 2022-23 | 362 | 40 | 9.1:1 | 46% (165) |
| 2020-21 | 407 | 44 | 9.3:1 | 44% (178) |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 42 | 10.6:1 | 34% (153) |
| 2015-16 | 477 | 39 | 12.2:1 | 39% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 586 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 33% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 580 | 40 | 14.5:1 | 12% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 893 | 72 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL.
About DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school with its address in DRYDEN, New York. The school serves 356 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
The 5 schools in DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enroll 1,304 students altogether, DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL among them.
White students are the large majority at DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL, with 83% of enrollment. Next come 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 75% White among all Tompkins County residents. By the diversity index, DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 30%.
Its teaching staff equals 36.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.7:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 40%.
The allk12 Grade for DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 66% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 60.3% at DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 69.2%.
Among Tompkins County residents, median household income is about $74,024, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 33 public schools in Tompkins County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,392.
DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL is located less than a tenth of a mile from DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: 5. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on proficiency.
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL saw enrollment fall 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 500 students
- DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 283 students
- CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 85 students
- FREEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 80 students
Other schools in DRYDEN
- DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 500 students
- DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 283 students
Other Dryden High schools
One other US public school is named Dryden High. DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Dryden High SchoolDRYDEN, MI · 214 students
Nearby schools
- DRYDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 283
- GEORGE JUNIOR REPUBLIC SCHOOL1.2 mi · 107
- DRYDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 500
- FREEVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 80
- CASSAVANT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 85
- GROTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL6.3 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL?
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 356 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL?
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 83% White, 6% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL?
DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by DRYDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Tompkins County.
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