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Enrollment
1,768
High
DISTRICT 1,128 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004018
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2012 ROUTE 52, HOPEWELL JUNCTION, NY 12533 · (845) 897-6700 · Dutchess County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,768 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
13.7:1
129 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
410 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 401 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 450 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 421 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 482 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 14 | 1% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
54.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
71.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (71.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,768 | 23.2% | 71.3% |
| MAMARONECK HIGH SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 1,764 | 23.0% | 83.0% |
| SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OCEANSIDE | 1,668 | 20.1% | 68.0% |
| WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WARWICK | 1,314 | 20.7% | 74.8% |
| CONNETQUOT HIGH SCHOOL BOHEMIA | 1,774 | 18.1% | 79.5% |
| EASTPORT-SOUTH MANOR JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MANORVILLE | 1,469 | 26.8% | 64.3% |
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 JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.3% | #321 of 1,135 | #5 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #526 of 1,109 ▼ 106 | #9 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #125 of 1,135 ▲ 68 | #4 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,768 | #61 of 1,216 | #2 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #902 of 1,058 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #498 of 1,070 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #1,067 of 1,167 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #362 of 743 | #6 of 11 |
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
1,768
-148 (-8%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 1,807
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 1,768 | 129.4 | 13.7:1 | 23% (410) |
| 2023-24 | 1,819 | 134.3 | 13.5:1 | 25% (463) |
| 2022-23 | 1,837 | 129.2 | 14.2:1 | 20% (367) |
| 2020-21 | 1,916 | 131 | 14.6:1 | 17% (332) |
| 2017-18 | 2,018 | 126.6 | 15.9:1 | 15% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 2,031 | 118 | 17.2:1 | 14% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 2,216 | 132 | 16.8:1 | 7% (160) |
| 2000-01 | 1,881 | 128 | 14.7:1 | 4% (81) |
| 1990-91 | 1,807 | 119 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Families in HOPEWELL JUNCTION, New York, are served by JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a high-enrollment high school. Enrollment is 1,768 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 165% bigger than average.
WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL along with 14 other schools, enrolling 10,199 students in total.
At 68%, White students outnumber all other groups at JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL combined. After that, the student body is 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 4% Asian. That is close to the 69% White share among all Dutchess County residents. By the diversity index, JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 50%.
Its 129.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. That ratio is over the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 23%. The rate at public schools in Dutchess County averages 40%, higher than here.
allk12 grades JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.3% and a predicted 66.5%.
Dutchess County has about 298,220 residents, and median household income is about $99,478, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Dutchess County number 76 and enroll about 36,885.
ORCHARD VIEW ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.5 miles away in a straight line. JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 71.3% average proficiency ranks 1st among 8 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 1,916 students in 2020-21 and 1,768 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,557 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
Other schools in HOPEWELL JUNCTION
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- ORCHARD VIEW ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 58 students
Nearby schools
- ORCHARD VIEW ALTERNATIVE HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 58
- BRINCKERHOFF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 545
- GAYHEAD SCHOOL2.8 mi · 831
- FISHKILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 334
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 602
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL4.6 mi · 836
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,768 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.7:1 (129 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.