FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in FORT PLAIN, New York, FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school, run under FORT PLAIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 316 students across grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 53% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

FORT PLAIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 657 students; FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.0%; this one delivers 52.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Montgomery County indicate median household income runs about $64,943, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Montgomery County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HARRY HOAG SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 8%: 342 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025.

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