HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL

HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL is a senior high of compact scale in HERKIMER, New York, operated by HERKIMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 537 students in grades 6 through 12.

HERKIMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,070 students. HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (88%) are White. Other groups include 6% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 44.7%, a residual of -11.5 points.

In the area at large, Herkimer County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,515, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Herkimer County (combined enrollment of about 9,619 students).

GREGORY B JARVIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL has ticked up 15%, going from 465 students in 2018 to 537 in 2025.

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