LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment four-year high school in LAKE PLACID, New York, operated by LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 304 students spanning grades 6 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by LAKE PLACID CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 532 students overall.

Looking at the student body, LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Essex County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.

Across the wider county, Essex County reports that median household income runs about $71,661, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 3,746 students).

LAKE PLACID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE PLACID JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 57.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 20%: 379 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 8.8:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.

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