FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a secondary school of reasonably sized scale in FALLSBURG, New York, overseen by FALLSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 663 students in grades 7 through 12.

Across the 2 schools in FALLSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,504 students total), FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 23% White, 9% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Sullivan County as a whole is about 19% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Sullivan County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.9%, the actual is 32.2%, a residual of -16.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sullivan County) shows that median household income runs about $72,382, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Sullivan County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students), FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BENJAMIN COSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has increased 10%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 663 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 36% to 23% across the same window.

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