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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
448
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361638001446
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
20414 SUNRISE AVE, LA FARGEVILLE, NY 13656 · (315) 658-2241 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL448 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of New York public K-12 schools
- ATest 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
41 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
203 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 25 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 25 | 6% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 32 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 24 | 5% |
| Grade 10 | 36 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 37 | 8% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 22% smaller than its 8th grade class (32).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
65.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
63.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 63.1% |
| 2023-24 | 66.8% | 74.3% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 448 | 45.3% | 67.1% |
| BELLEVILLE HENDERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL BELLEVILLE | 491 | 45.6% | 49.4% |
| NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL CHESTERTOWN | 470 | 47.7% | 53.3% |
| CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL CHERRY VALLEY | 420 | 48.3% | 38.3% |
| STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL MUNNSVILLE | 377 | 47.2% | 54.1% |
| NORTHEASTERN CLINTON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHAMPLAIN | 379 | 43.8% | 72.5% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #13 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.1% | #36 of 101 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #18 of 101 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 448 | #65 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #120 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.2% | #118 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.3% | #96 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.1% | #21 of 95 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
448
-41 (-8%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 448 | 41 | 10.9:1 | 45% (203) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 56% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 496 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 56% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 489 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 56% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 575 | 42.4 | 13.6:1 | 53% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 54% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 613 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 46% (279) |
| 2000-01 | 529 | 38 | 13.9:1 | 46% (243) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 37 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a low-enrollment combined-grade school in LA FARGEVILLE, New York, administered by LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school had 448 students in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25.
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is run by LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
The large majority of students at LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL, 93%, are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. The White share of the county population is lower, at 83%. LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL has a diversity index of 13%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL operates with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.9:1. For comparison, combined schools in New York average 8.7:1. About 45% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
A school with LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 58.3%. LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL scores 67.1%, 8.8 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Jefferson County show that median household income is about $66,301, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is among the 39 public schools in Jefferson County.
The closest public school to LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 6.4 miles away. Other public schools within ten miles number 2. Nearby schools with test data average 60.0% proficiency; LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL posts 67.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is Rural: Distant.
Federal counts put enrollment at 489 in 2020-21 and 448 in 2024-25, an 8% decrease.
Discussions about LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- GUARDINO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.4 mi · 243
- THERESA PRIMARY SCHOOL8.9 mi · 163
- ALEXANDRIA CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 224
- ALEXANDRIA CENTRAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 243
- EVANS MILLS PRIMARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 330
- THOUSAND ISLANDS HIGH SCHOOL11.6 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 448 students in grades PK-12.
Is LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL.
How diverse is LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.