Enrollment
301
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361851001667
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
415 MAIN ST, MARGARETVILLE, NY 12455 · (845) 586-2647 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL301 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 38% of New York public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
7.0:1
43 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
164 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 11 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 6% |
| Grade 5 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 10% |
| Grade 10 | 24 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 22 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 21 | 7% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 52% smaller than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
47%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
47.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.8% | 55.8% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 301 | 54.5% | 48.3% |
| LAURENS CENTRAL SCHOOL LAURENS | 287 | 54.7% | 47.1% |
| WINDHAM ASHLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL WINDHAM | 282 | 46.1% | 67.2% |
| WALTON HIGH SCHOOL WALTON | 271 | 53.1% | 63.2% |
| FORT EDWARD SCHOOL FORT EDWARD | 366 | 60.4% | 44.9% |
| LYME CENTRAL SCHOOL CHAUMONT | 335 | 49.6% | 55.3% |
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 MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #59 of 101 | #4 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #67 of 101 ▼ 12 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #71 of 101 ▼ 1 | #4 of 8 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 301 | #114 of 192 | #2 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.0:1 | #68 of 146 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.7% | #68 of 152 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.5% | #66 of 136 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #33 of 95 | #5 of 7 |
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
301
-30 (-9%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
7.0:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 301 | 43 | 7.0:1 | 54% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 304 | 41 | 7.4:1 | 52% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 43 | 7.4:1 | 57% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 331 | 42 | 7.9:1 | 53% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 365 | 37 | 9.9:1 | 69% (252) |
| 2015-16 | 367 | 34 | 10.8:1 | 60% (220) |
| 2010-11 | 425 | 41 | 10.4:1 | 55% (234) |
| 2000-01 | 557 | 48 | 11.6:1 | 52% (290) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 43 | 13.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public school serving multiple grade levels in MARGARETVILLE, New York. Federal data show 301 students enrolled in pre-K through 12 in 2024-25. Combined schools in New York average about 544 students, which makes this school 45% below average.
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is listed under MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in federal data.
The largest group at MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is White students, at 66%. Other students are 30% Hispanic. By comparison, Delaware County residents are about 90% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 47%.
On staff are 43 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 7.0:1. Statewide, combined schools in New York average 8.7:1. MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 38% of New York public K-12 schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%; the prediction is 55.0%.
In Delaware County, median household income comes to about $63,337, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Delaware County counts 21 public schools with about 5,307 students.
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is ANDES CENTRAL SCHOOL, about 7.5 miles away. Among its closest neighbors with test data, MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is 6th of 8 on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 301, compared with 331 in 2020-21.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
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- ANDES CENTRAL SCHOOL7.5 mi · 73
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- SOUTH KORTRIGHT CENTRAL SCHOOL14.4 mi · 287
- DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL15.8 mi · 325
- DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL15.9 mi · 399
- OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SCHOHARIE-GREENE BOCES17.1 mi · 130
Frequently asked questions
About MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 301 students in grades PK-12.
Is MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL have?
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.0:1.
How diverse is MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 66% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL in?
MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of MARGARETVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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