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If you could change one rule at MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
442
High
DISTRICT 425 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MORAVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361980001813
MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
68 S MAIN ST, MORAVIA, NY 13118 · (315) 497-2670 · Cayuga County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL442 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 49% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
10.1:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
186 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 6 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 62 | 14% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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 MORAVIA 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
66.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.9pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.4% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.5% | 66.6% |
% 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
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 442 | 42.1% | 61.8% |
| PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORTVILLE | 445 | 42.9% | 68.5% |
| WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL WATKINS GLEN | 419 | 42.2% | 55.3% |
| NORTHERN ADIRONDACK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ELLENBURG DEPOT | 424 | 44.1% | 46.0% |
| SARANAC HIGH SCHOOL SARANAC | 468 | 39.7% | 72.7% |
| CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CATO | 383 | 42.6% | 54.7% |
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 MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cayuga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #505 of 1,135 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #409 of 1,109 ▲ 1 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.4% | #651 of 1,135 ▲ 164 | #5 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 442 | #630 of 1,216 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #324 of 1,058 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.9% | #994 of 1,070 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #822 of 1,167 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #452 of 743 | #3 of 6 |
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
442
-44 (-9%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 571
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 442 | 44 | 10.1:1 | 42% (186) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 44 | 10.4:1 | 46% (209) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 41 | 11.6:1 | 46% (219) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 40 | 12.2:1 | 41% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 487 | 41 | 11.9:1 | 46% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 488 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 44% (216) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 42 | 12.3:1 | 36% (185) |
| 2000-01 | 614 | 49 | 12.5:1 | 23% (140) |
| 1990-91 | 571 | 50 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
At 68 S MAIN ST in MORAVIA, New York, MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a small high school. The school enrolls 442 students, from grades 6 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
MORAVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2 schools; together they serve 850 students.
Federal enrollment data show MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 94% White. Other groups include 2% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 11%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 44 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.1:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Roughly 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Cayuga County, the average eligibility rate is 50%.
allk12 grades MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL a B-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 61.8%; the prediction is 59.5%.
In Cayuga County (population about 75,102), the median household income is $67,904, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. There are 22 public schools in Cayuga County, enrolling about 8,576 students in all.
The nearest other public school, MILLARD FILLMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are 3 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Federal data place MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 44 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.1:1) than in 2020-21 (12.2:1).
Threads on this page can be about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cayuga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,102
Census ACS
Median income
$67,904
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
8,576 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MORAVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MILLARD FILLMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 408 students
Nearby schools
- MILLARD FILLMORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 408
- GROTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.0 mi · 388
- GROTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.1 mi · 396
- SOUTHERN CAYUGA 7-12 SECONDARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 289
- SOUTHERN CAYUGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 348
- FINGER LAKES RESIDENTIAL CENTER11.8 mi · 67
Frequently asked questions
About MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 442 students in grades 06-12.
Is MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MORAVIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.