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GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL operates as a reasonably sized 9-12 campus in GOSHEN, New York, run under GOSHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 983 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by GOSHEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 2,737 students overall.
On the student-mix side, GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 6% Black, 5% Asian. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, The school lists 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 76.7%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate the typical household earns roughly $97,178 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 82 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students).
SCOTCHTOWN AVENUE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Five-year trend. GOSHEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 959 (now 983). White enrollment moved from 73% to 65% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.
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