Enrollment
342
High
DISTRICT 359 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOOSICK FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361476001229
HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
21187 NY RT 22, HOOSICK FALLS, NY 12090 · (518) 686-7321 · Rensselaer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 80% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
9.7:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
133 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 9 | 76 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 84 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 79 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 3% |
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 HOOSICK FALLS 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
88.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
73.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 80.0% |
% 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
76.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (76.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 342 | 38.9% | 76.8% |
| MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL RUSHVILLE | 339 | 39.5% | 74.3% |
| SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 376 | 38.0% | 75.7% |
| FREWSBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FREWSBURG | 335 | 39.7% | 60.5% |
| JORDAN-ELBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL JORDAN | 336 | 38.7% | 63.7% |
| PAVILION JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PAVILION | 331 | 36.9% | 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 HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #226 of 1,135 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #224 of 1,109 ▼ 9 | #3 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #244 of 1,135 ▲ 23 | #2 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #849 of 1,216 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #250 of 1,058 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.0% | #875 of 1,070 | #5 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.9% | #870 of 1,167 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -36.0% | #63 of 743 | #1 of 6 |
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
342
-170 (-33%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 632
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 342 | 35.4 | 9.7:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 327 | 36.1 | 9.1:1 | 45% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 35.9 | 9.2:1 | 51% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 51 | 10.0:1 | 47% (243) |
| 2017-18 | 534 | 48 | 11.1:1 | 45% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 48 | 11.5:1 | 44% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 585 | 54 | 10.8:1 | 34% (196) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 18% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 632 | 45 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
About HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL
HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL is one of the public schools in HOOSICK FALLS, New York. It is a low-enrollment high school. Total enrollment is 342 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. High schools in New York have about 668 students on average; enrollment here is 49% lower.
HOOSICK FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,078 students in 3 schools, including HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
The share of White students at HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL is 89%. The next largest groups are 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The school's White share is 9 points above the 80% share among Rensselaer County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
With 35.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.7:1. High schools in New York average 11.0:1, 1.4 more students per teacher than here. Roughly 39% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among New York public high schools, HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.8%; the prediction is 60.7%.
In Rensselaer County, median household income comes to about $87,915, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 42, with about 19,274 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, HOOSICK FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles: 2.
In the federal locale system, HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
The school's student count decreased 33% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOOSICK FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOOSICK FALLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
- HOOSICK FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 329 students
Other schools in HOOSICK FALLS
- HOOSICK FALLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 407 students
- HOOSICK FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 329 students
Nearby schools
- HOOSICK FALLS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 329
- HOOSICK FALLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 407
- Monument Elementary School7.4 mi · 147
- Molly Stark School8.0 mi · 402
- Bennington Elementary School8.3 mi · 278
- Mt. Anthony Senior Union High School8.4 mi · 855
Frequently asked questions
About HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL?
HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 342 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.7:1 students per teacher at HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL?
At HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL?
HOOSICK FALLS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HOOSICK FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rensselaer County.
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