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Enrollment
409
High
DISTRICT 310 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361443001196
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL
21 MORGAN RD, FORT MONTGOMERY, NY 10922 · (845) 446-4914 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
9.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
135 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 85 | 21% |
| Grade 10 | 116 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 105 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 103 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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 HIGHLAND 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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
55.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 409 | 33.0% | 64.8% |
| S S SEWARD INSTITUTE FLORIDA | 391 | 33.8% | 63.4% |
| OYSTER BAY HIGH SCHOOL OYSTER BAY | 412 | 28.6% | 78.8% |
| PAWLING HIGH SCHOOL PAWLING | 360 | 28.3% | 71.2% |
| MARLBORO CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MARLBORO | 629 | 32.8% | 71.2% |
| CENTER MORICHES HIGH SCHOOL CENTER MORICHES | 511 | 28.4% | 71.7% |
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 JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #442 of 1,135 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #501 of 1,109 ▼ 98 | #9 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #268 of 1,135 ▲ 51 | #8 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #690 of 1,216 | #13 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #171 of 1,058 | #1 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #315 of 1,070 | #9 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #957 of 1,167 | #10 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #306 of 743 | #3 of 10 |
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
409
-59 (-13%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 498
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.4:1
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 | 409 | 44.5 | 9.2:1 | 33% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 43.2 | 10.0:1 | 32% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 424 | 44.3 | 9.6:1 | 30% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 468 | 45 | 10.4:1 | 26% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 26% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 478 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 26% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 38 | 12.8:1 | 14% (69) |
| 2000-01 | 698 | 50 | 14.0:1 | 13% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 498 | 34 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL.
About JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL
Families in FORT MONTGOMERY, New York, are served by JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL, a small high school. Total enrollment is 409 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. That is 39% below the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools and 930 students, and JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL. Next come 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL comes to 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9.2:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. On the income side, 33% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Orange County report 44%.
Among New York public high schools, JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL outscored 52%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.8% is 2.0 points above the 62.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Orange County, the median household earns about $97,178 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Orange County, 82 public schools serve about 57,122 students.
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.3 miles from FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL has 5 other public schools within five miles. JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 64.8% against a local average of 68.3%.
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Fringe.
Enrollment was 409 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 468. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.4:1 to 9.2:1.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLMiddle · 334 students
- FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 187 students
Other schools in FORT MONTGOMERY
- FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 187 students
Nearby schools
- FORT MONTGOMERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 187
- HIGHLAND FALLS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.4 mi · 334
- GARRISON SCHOOL2.8 mi · 208
- URIAH HILL SCHOOL4.6 mi · 186
- OAKSIDE SCHOOL4.8 mi · 554
- HALDANE MIDDLE SCHOOL5.1 mi · 163
Frequently asked questions
About JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL?
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 409 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL serve?
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL have?
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.2:1.
What is the student diversity at JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL in?
JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL is part of HIGHLAND FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.