NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a minimally staffed 9-12 campus in NEWFIELD, New York, run under NEWFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 178 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 73% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within NEWFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 638 students, NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%); the rest is composed of 11% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 40% of students at NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, NEWFIELD 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 72.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Tompkins County indicate median household income runs about $74,024, 59% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 33 public schools in Tompkins County (combined enrollment of about 10,392 students).

Nearest neighbor: NEWFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has fell 11%, going from 199 students in 2018 to 178 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 82%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.