GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a reasonably sized secondary school in DEXTER, New York, part of GENERAL BROWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 675 students in grades 7 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in GENERAL BROWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,349 students total), GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the resource side, On paper, GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household earnings sit near $66,301, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Five-year trend. GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 607 (now 675).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.