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What's one thing HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
510
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361431001180
HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL
87 WASHINGTON ST, HEUVELTON, NY 13654 · (315) 344-2414 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
45 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
154 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
57.3%
NY avg 58.3% . +7.2pp since 2023
Math
53.4%
NY avg 57.4% . -24.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 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 up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 25 points.
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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
510
-29 (-5%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.5:1
% White
97%
was 96%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL
HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized K-12 campuss in HEUVELTON, New York, run under HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 510 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12.
HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL is a school of HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
In terms of who attends, HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
Looking at school resources, On paper, HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 30% of students at HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, St. Lawrence County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.1%.
In the broader community, census data for St. Lawrence County shows median household income runs about $62,850, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across St. Lawrence County's 40 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students), HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY, around 5.9 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 58.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 510 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 in 2025.
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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
Nearby schools
- OGDENSBURG FREE ACADEMY5.9 mi · 646
- JOHN F KENNEDY SCHOOL6.0 mi · 431
- MADILL SCHOOL6.2 mi · 277
- SAINT LAWRENCE PSYCHIATRIC CENTER CHILDREN & YOUTH SERVICES7.3 mi · 20
- LISBON CENTRAL SCHOOL8.2 mi · 540
- HERMON-DEKALB CENTRAL SCHOOL11.0 mi · 363
Frequently asked questions
About HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL?
HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 11.5:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL?
At HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL?
HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in St. Lawrence County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.