NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the tight-knit senior highs in NEWARK VALLEY, New York, run under NEWARK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 378 students on its rolls from grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.

Across the 3 schools in NEWARK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (981 students total), NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (96%) are White. Compared to Tioga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 56.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Tioga County) logs that median household income runs about $72,739, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Tioga County (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students).

Nearest neighbor: NEWARK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEWARK VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 15%: 443 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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