MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in PORT HENRY, New York, MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit secondary school, part of MORIAH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It caters to 292 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 56% below that benchmark.

Across the 2 schools in MORIAH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (666 students total), MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

On the resource side, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 55.2%; this one comes in at 35.5%, -19.7 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, Essex County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,661 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 16 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 3,746 students).

The closest other public school is MORIAH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 5; the average score across the group is 45.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 312 (now 292). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.

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