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GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL
As a middle-of-the-pack 9-12 campus in GLOVERSVILLE, New York, GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL teaches 669 students from grades 9 through 12, run under GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Within GLOVERSVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 2,406 students, GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL records that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 11% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 72% of students at GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Fulton County (around 55%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.7%; this one delivers 42.5%.
In the broader community, census data for Fulton County shows median household income runs about $66,533, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Fulton County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,173 students), of which GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: GLOVERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 38.3%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. GLOVERSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 803 (now 669). The White share of enrollment declined from 87% to 76% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Fulton County at a glance
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