GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL

GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL, a compact secondary school in GOUVERNEUR, New York, operated by GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, enrolls 450 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 33% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Across the 3 schools in GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,408 students total), GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%).

Looking at the economic backdrop, GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL lists 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against St. Lawrence County (around 45%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.2%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for St. Lawrence County indicate median household income runs about $62,850, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, St. Lawrence County runs 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), of which GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 50% since 2018, when it stood at 901 (now 450).

On allk12, the feed for GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.