MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized senior highs in MECHANICVILLE, New York, part of MECHANICVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 717 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12.

Across the 2 schools in MECHANICVILLE CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,315 students total), MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). Other groups include 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Saratoga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Saratoga County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.3%; this one delivers 49.6%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Saratoga County shows median household income runs about $100,787, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Saratoga County's 50 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,097 students), MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MECHANICVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 703 (now 717). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 93% to 88%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 in 2025.

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