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Enrollment
450
High
DISTRICT 469 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361236001002
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL
113 E BARNEY ST, GOUVERNEUR, NY 13642 · (315) 287-1900 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 57% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
254 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 132 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 106 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 94 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 4% |
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
53.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 52.0% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
62.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (62.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 450 | 56.4% | 62.2% |
| CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CANISTEO | 450 | 57.6% | 62.6% |
| ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ADDISON | 491 | 53.8% | 45.0% |
| CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL SINCLAIRVILLE | 382 | 56.3% | 43.6% |
| WHITNEY POINT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHITNEY POINT | 393 | 53.4% | 68.2% |
| JAMES A GREEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DOLGEVILLE | 369 | 53.4% | 47.5% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.2% | #500 of 1,135 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #547 of 1,109 ▲ 61 | #9 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #266 of 1,135 ▲ 23 | #2 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #619 of 1,216 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.7:1 | #651 of 1,058 | #8 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.1% | #1,047 of 1,070 | #7 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #627 of 1,167 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.1% | #21 of 743 | #1 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
450
+19 (+4%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 937
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 11.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 38.5 | 11.7:1 | 56% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 37.1 | 12.5:1 | 58% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 467 | 37.8 | 12.3:1 | 63% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 431 | 37 | 11.7:1 | 54% (232) |
| 2017-18 | 901 | 71.1 | 12.7:1 | 59% (532) |
| 2015-16 | 841 | 65 | 12.9:1 | 54% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 891 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 44% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 870 | 56 | 15.5:1 | 38% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 937 | 62 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL.
About GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in GOUVERNEUR, New York. School enrollment was 450 students in 2024-25, in grades 9 through 12. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
District-wide, GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 1,408 students.
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment is 97% White. The school's diversity index is 6%, meaning two students picked at random have a 6% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 38.5 full-time equivalents, or about 11.7 students per teacher. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. About 56% of students, or 254, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in St. Lawrence County, the average is 45%.
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is graded B by allk12, scoring above 57% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is 7.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (62.2% versus 54.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
In the county around the school, St. Lawrence County, the median household income is $62,850, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. St. Lawrence County is home to 40 public schools and about 13,653 public school students.
The closest other public school is GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles are 2 other public schools. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on average proficiency.
NCES assigns GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL the locale Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment climbed from 431 in 2020-21 to 450 in 2024-25.
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St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- GOUVERNEUR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Other schools in GOUVERNEUR
- GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
- GOUVERNEUR MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 447 students
Nearby schools
- GOUVERNEUR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 511
- GOUVERNEUR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 447
- ANTWERP PRIMARY SCHOOL12.2 mi · 145
- HERMON-DEKALB CENTRAL SCHOOL12.6 mi · 363
- EDWARDS-KNOX JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL13.1 mi · 205
- EDWARDS-KNOX ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.1 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL?
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 450 students in grades 09-12.
Is GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL?
At GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 97% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GOUVERNEUR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.