Enrollment
98
High
STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360099006102
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL
116 N CAYUGA ST, ITHACA, NY 14850 · (607) 882-9220 · Tompkins County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL98 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
7.1:1
14 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
56 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 12 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 21 | 21% |
| Grade 11 | 25 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 40 | 41% |
Student demographics
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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -16.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+23.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in New York's top 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 NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL's state test result (77.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL this school | 98 | 57.1% | 77.0% |
| WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL WESTFIELD | 133 | 60.2% | 59.2% |
| CLIFTON-FINE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL STAR LAKE | 112 | 63.4% | 54.2% |
| CLYDE-SAVANNAH HIGH SCHOOL CLYDE | 146 | 47.3% | 42.5% |
| HUNTER-TANNERSVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL TANNERSVILLE | 157 | 51.6% | 56.5% |
| GILBERTSVILLE-MOUNT UPTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GILBERTSVILLE | 138 | 53.6% | 41.2% |
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 NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tompkins County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 98 | #1,176 of 1,216 | #9 of 11 |
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
98
-12 (-11%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 115
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 98 | 13.8 | 7.1:1 | 57% (56) |
| 2023-24 | 108 | 15.4 | 7.0:1 | 53% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 106 | 15.5 | 6.8:1 | 58% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 110 | 10 | 11.0:1 | 71% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 142 | 12.9 | 11.0:1 | 49% (70) |
| 2015-16 | 137 | 12 | 11.4:1 | N/A |
| 2010-11 | 115 | 10 | 11.5:1 | 43% (50) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
About NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a very small high school in ITHACA, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 98 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.
Federal enrollment data show NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is 56% White. Enrollment also includes 13% Black, 11% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 19 points below the 75% share among Tompkins County residents.
There are 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 7.1:1. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. By family income, 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Tompkins County average 36%.
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 81% of New York public high schools.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to post an average proficiency rate across its state test results near 54.0%. NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL posts 77.0%, 23.0 points above that, which places it in the top 10% statewide on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Tompkins County, the median household earns about $74,024 a year, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Tompkins County has 33 public schools with about 10,392 students, including NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
The closest school to NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is BEVERLY J MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
Federal data place NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is one of the charter schools in New York.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 98, down from 110 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 11.0:1 to 7.1:1.
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Tompkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
104,537
Census ACS
Median income
$74,024
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
59%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
10,392 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ITHACA
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,411 students
- DEWITT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 559 students
- BOYNTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 513 students
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOLElementary · 363 students
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
- NORTHEAST SCHOOLElementary · 347 students
Nearby schools
- BEVERLY J MARTIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 258
- SOUTH HILL SCHOOL0.5 mi · 363
- FALL CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 217
- LEHMAN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 265
- ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,411
- BELLE SHERMAN SCHOOL1.1 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL?
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 98 students in grades 09-12.
Is NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.1:1 students per teacher at NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 56% White, 4% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL in?
NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL is part of NEW ROOTS CHARTER SCHOOL.
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