Enrollment
199
High
DISTRICT 146 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HANCOCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361356001110
HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
67 EDUCATION LN, HANCOCK, NY 13783 · (607) 637-1306 · Delaware County
GRADES 05–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL199 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
8.9:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
83 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 5 | 11 | 6% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 41 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 11% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 HANCOCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.9%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +13.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.6% | 30.4% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 199 | 41.7% | 45.9% |
| UNATEGO JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OTEGO | 221 | 40.7% | 75.2% |
| CUBA-RUSHFORD HIGH SCHOOL CUBA | 202 | 42.6% | 84.0% |
| PINE VALLEY CENTRAL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH DAYTON | 199 | 40.2% | 59.8% |
| OXFORD ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL OXFORD | 205 | 42.9% | 69.5% |
| FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FORESTVILLE | 185 | 40.5% | 61.4% |
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 HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #808 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #679 of 1,109 ▲ 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #968 of 1,135 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 199 | #1,073 of 1,216 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.7% | #827 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #594 of 743 |
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
199
-10 (-5%) vs 2020
-57% since 1990-91, when it was 459
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 7.7:1
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 | 199 | 22.3 | 8.9:1 | 42% (83) |
| 2023-24 | 203 | 26.7 | 7.6:1 | 36% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 214 | 29.9 | 7.2:1 | 39% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 209 | 27 | 7.7:1 | 47% (99) |
| 2017-18 | 210 | 22 | 9.5:1 | 54% (114) |
| 2015-16 | 240 | 22 | 10.9:1 | 57% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 258 | 30 | 8.6:1 | 41% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 364 | 29 | 12.6:1 | 37% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 459 | 32 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Located in HANCOCK, New York, HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school. A federal count lists 199 students at the school, in grades 5 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 70% smaller than that.
HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits within HANCOCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 2 schools and 292 students.
White students are the large majority at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 89% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic and 4% Black. The White share in Delaware County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. The chance that two students picked at random at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
Staffing totals 22.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9:1. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 42%.
allk12 grades HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 59.6%. HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 45.9%, 13.8 points below that line.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Delaware County show that median household income is about $63,337, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 21 public schools in Delaware County, with a combined enrollment of about 5,307.
HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within ten miles. Its average proficiency rate of 45.9% is below the 47.3% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL went from 209 students to 199. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 7.7:1 in 2020-21 to 8.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HANCOCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 93 students
Nearby schools
- HANCOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 93
- Preston School8.6 mi · 143
- DEPOSIT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 242
- DEPOSIT MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.4 mi · 243
- Susquehanna Community Elementary School15.7 mi · 415
- Susquehanna Community JSHS15.9 mi · 333
Frequently asked questions
About HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 199 students in grades 05-12.
What age range does HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 05 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 8.9:1 students per teacher at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian.
What district is HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of HANCOCK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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