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Enrollment
833
High
DISTRICT 539 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361974001810
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL
39 BREAKEY AVE, MONTICELLO, NY 12701 · (845) 794-8840 · Sullivan County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL833 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
10.6:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
531 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 9 | 258 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 182 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 189 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 191 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 2% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
69.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -18.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 18 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
42.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (42.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL this school | 833 | 63.7% | 42.5% |
| ELLENVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ELLENVILLE | 698 | 58.6% | 42.0% |
| GENEVA HIGH SCHOOL GENEVA | 602 | 62.1% | 45.7% |
| URBAN ASSEMBLY NEW YORK HARBOR SCHOOL NEW YORK | 518 | 62.4% | 50.7% |
| EASTRIDGE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 888 | 58.4% | 57.8% |
| BROOKLYN COLLABORATIVE STUDIES BROOKLYN | 586 | 66.6% | 55.6% |
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 MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Sullivan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #890 of 1,135 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,064 of 1,109 ▼ 212 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #601 of 1,135 ▼ 68 | #2 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 833 | #308 of 1,216 | #1 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #422 of 1,058 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.1% | #123 of 1,070 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 63.7% | #574 of 1,167 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.8% | #610 of 743 | N/A |
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
833
-52 (-6%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 849
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
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 | 833 | 79 | 10.6:1 | 64% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 848 | 83.3 | 10.2:1 | 60% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 844 | 83.5 | 10.1:1 | 63% (529) |
| 2020-21 | 885 | 75 | 11.8:1 | 60% (531) |
| 2017-18 | 875 | 80 | 10.9:1 | 64% (556) |
| 2015-16 | 915 | 78 | 11.7:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 1,014 | 73 | 13.9:1 | 41% (411) |
| 2000-01 | 995 | 76 | 13.1:1 | 40% (399) |
| 1990-91 | 849 | 68 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL.
About MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in MONTICELLO, New York, (ZIP code 12701). It enrolled 833 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has a total of 5 schools and 2,695 students, MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL among them.
Hispanic students form the largest group at MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL, 42% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 34% White, 15% Black, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Sullivan County, the Hispanic share is about 19%. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school employs the equivalent of 79 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 10.6:1. High schools in New York average about 11.0:1, a similar figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 64%.
allk12 grades MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 51.5%. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL scores 42.5%.
Among Sullivan County residents, median household income is about $72,382, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is one of 20 public schools in Sullivan County, which together enroll about 9,164 students.
ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 42.5% against a local average of 28.8%.
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The number of students declined from 885 to 833 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 11.8:1 to 10.6:1.
The discussion area below is open to posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
79,721
Census ACS
Median income
$72,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
9,164 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
- EMMA C CHASE SCHOOLElementary · 219 students
Other schools in MONTICELLO
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOLElementary · 590 students
- ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 587 students
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Other Monticello High schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Monticello High. MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 7.
- Monticello HighCharlottesville, VA · 1,184 students
- MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLMONTICELLO, AR · 506 students
- Monticello High SchoolMonticello, IL · 489 students
- Monticello High SchoolMonticello, IA · 320 students
- Monticello HighMONTICELLO, UT · 211 students
Nearby schools
- ROBERT J KAISER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 587
- KENNETH L RUTHERFORD SCHOOL0.2 mi · 466
- GEORGE L COOKE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 590
- FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.6 mi · 663
- BENJAMIN COSOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 841
- SULLIVAN BOCES10.8 mi · 238
Frequently asked questions
About MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL?
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 833 students in grades 09-12.
Is MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL have?
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL?
At MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 34% White, 42% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL in?
MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL is part of MONTICELLO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.