Enrollment
104
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361953001782
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL
1466 COUNTY RT 29, OLMSTEDVILLE, NY 12857 · (518) 251-2000 · Essex County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL104 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 19% 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
4.5:1
23 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
69 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 | 3 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 1 | 3 | 3% |
| Grade 2 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 6 | 6% |
| Grade 4 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 13 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 5 | 5% |
| Grade 8 | 7 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 8 | 8% |
| Grade 11 | 10 | 10% |
| Grade 12 | 8 | 8% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 4% |
Student demographics
18%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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
45.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +15.1pp since 2023
Math
40.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 40.5% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 42.9% |
% 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
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (38.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 104 | 66.3% | 38.8% |
| KIRYAS JOEL VILLAGE SCHOOL MONROE | 152 | 71.7% | N/A |
| JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL JEFFERSON | 148 | 55.4% | 40.4% |
| WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL WHITESVILLE | 112 | 53.6% | 39.7% |
| SCHROON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL SCHROON LAKE | 227 | 57.7% | 47.1% |
| CANASERAGA SCHOOL CANASERAGA | 203 | 54.2% | 68.7% |
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 MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Essex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #91 of 101 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #88 of 101 no change | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #76 of 101 ▲ 19 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 104 | #173 of 192 | #5 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.3% | #54 of 136 | N/A |
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
104
-8 (-7%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 163
Student : Teacher
4.5:1
was 5.3:1
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 | 104 | 23 | 4.5:1 | 66% (69) |
| 2023-24 | 102 | 23.7 | 4.3:1 | 60% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 119 | 23.3 | 5.1:1 | 53% (63) |
| 2020-21 | 112 | 21 | 5.3:1 | 63% (70) |
| 2017-18 | 102 | 19 | 5.4:1 | 54% (55) |
| 2015-16 | 118 | 17 | 6.9:1 | 51% (60) |
| 2010-11 | 140 | 24 | 5.8:1 | 40% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 157 | 25 | 6.3:1 | 49% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 163 | 23 | 7.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL
In OLMSTEDVILLE, New York, MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is a very small school serving multiple grade levels. It enrolls 104 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 12. That is 81% below the average of about 544 students for combined schools in New York.
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is run by MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
By race and ethnicity, MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is 90% White. Enrollment also includes 7% Hispanic. In Essex County overall, the White share is about 93%. A diversity index of 18% means there is an 18% chance two randomly chosen students at MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL are from different groups.
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 4.5:1. Combined schools in New York have an average ratio of 8.7:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 66%. For comparison, public schools in Essex County average 41%.
Among New York public K-12 schools, MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL outscored 19%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 50.6%. MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL scores 38.8%, 11.8 points below that line.
Looking at the county, Essex County, the median household earns about $71,661 a year, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Essex County has 16 public schools with about 3,746 students, including MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL.
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL's nearest public school is JOHNSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL (about 5.8 miles). There are 2 more public schools inside ten miles. On state test proficiency, MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 104, compared with 112 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Essex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
36,973
Census ACS
Median income
$71,661
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
3,746 students
Quick facts
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- JOHNSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL5.8 mi · 244
- SCHROON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL10.0 mi · 227
- NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL10.6 mi · 470
- INDIAN LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL16.7 mi · 126
- NEWCOMB CENTRAL SCHOOL17.5 mi · 48
- BOLTON CENTRAL SCHOOL20.1 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 104 students in grades PK-12.
Is MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 4.5:1 (23 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL?
MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Essex County.
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