MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the modestly sized 9-12 campuss in WEST WINFIELD, New York, overseen by MOUNT MARKHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 283 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 58% leaner than that benchmark.

MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by MOUNT MARKHAM CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that instructs 1,032 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Compared to Herkimer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.3%; this one delivers 76.3%.

In the area at large, census data for Herkimer County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,515 per year, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Herkimer County (combined enrollment of about 9,619 students).

MOUNT MARKHAM MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 54.9%.

MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. MOUNT MARKHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 339 (now 283). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 today.

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