MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a small secondary school in BEMUS POINT, New York, operated by BEMUS POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 275 students, covering grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 59% smaller than typical.

BEMUS POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 575 students; MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Chautauqua County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.6%.

Zooming out to the county, Chautauqua County reports that median household income runs about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Chautauqua County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BEMUS POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MAPLE GROVE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.3%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 32%: 402 students in 2018 compared to 275 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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