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What's something MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,255
High
DISTRICT 767 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361812001624
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL
421 BALDWIN PL RD, MAHOPAC, NY 10541 · (845) 628-3256 · Putnam County
GRADES 07–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,255 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% 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.
- 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
11.4:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
294 students
DISTRICT 22% · 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 7 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 316 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 314 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 324 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 284 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 16 | 1% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 89.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
78.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (78.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,255 | 23.4% | 78.3% |
| EAST ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL ISLIP TERRACE | 1,170 | 26.4% | 83.7% |
| WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL WARWICK | 1,314 | 20.7% | 74.8% |
| MINISINK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLETOWN | 1,116 | 27.7% | 69.7% |
| MAMARONECK HIGH SCHOOL MAMARONECK | 1,764 | 23.0% | 83.0% |
| SCHOOL 7-OCEANSIDE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OCEANSIDE | 1,668 | 20.1% | 68.0% |
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 MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.3% | #202 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #185 of 1,109 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #182 of 1,135 ▲ 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,255 | #160 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #593 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.9% | #514 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.4% | #1,065 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #254 of 743 |
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
1,255
-82 (-6%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 1,357
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 1,255 | 110.2 | 11.4:1 | 23% (294) |
| 2023-24 | 1,266 | 111.6 | 11.3:1 | 20% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 1,254 | 105.1 | 11.9:1 | 24% (300) |
| 2020-21 | 1,337 | 113 | 11.8:1 | 18% (246) |
| 2017-18 | 1,500 | 121 | 12.4:1 | 13% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 1,566 | 111 | 14.1:1 | 12% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 1,728 | 122 | 14.2:1 | 4% (74) |
| 2000-01 | 1,518 | 110 | 13.8:1 | 2% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 1,357 | 95 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL.
About MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in MAHOPAC, New York, and it is part of MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment is 1,255 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 88% larger than average.
MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 5 schools; together they serve 3,836 students.
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL is 66% White by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. In Putnam County overall, about 75% of residents are White. MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 49%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.4:1 at MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL, with 110.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York fairly closely. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 23%.
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 77% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 66.4%. MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL scores 78.3%.
Federal survey data for Putnam County show that the median household income is $126,257, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Putnam County is home to 23 public schools and about 12,955 public school students.
The next-closest public school is MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 78.3% is above the 59.9% average for nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment declined 6% from its 2020-21 level of 1,337.
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Putnam County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
98,107
Census ACS
Median income
$126,257
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
12,955 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 902 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 485 students
- MAHOPAC FALLS SCHOOLCombined
Other schools in MAHOPAC
- MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 902 students
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 598 students
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 596 students
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 485 students
- MAHOPAC FALLS SCHOOLCombined
Nearby schools
- MAHOPAC MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 902
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 598
- AUSTIN ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 596
- FULMAR ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 485
- THOMAS JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 383
- SOMERS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 560
Frequently asked questions
About MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL?
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,255 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.4:1 (110 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL?
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MAHOPAC CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.