EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of rural-scale scale in HERMON, New York, run under EDWARDS-KNOX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 205 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 69% leaner than the state mean of about 668.

EDWARDS-KNOX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 494 students; EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.2%.

In the broader community, census data for St. Lawrence County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,850 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across St. Lawrence County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EDWARDS-KNOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 17% since 2018, when it stood at 248 (now 205). White enrollment moved from 92% to 97% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.

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