HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment combined-grade school in HINSDALE, New York, HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL serves 349 students from grades pre-K through 12, one of the schools within HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 544 students.

HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a school of HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest breaks down as 6% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Cattaraugus County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages about 8.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 50% of students at HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 52.2%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Cattaraugus County shows median household earnings sit near $59,540, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cattaraugus County runs 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,228 students), of which HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL is one.

CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 4.8 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 48.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. HINSDALE CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 14% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 349). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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