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Enrollment
470
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361696001508
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL
6110 STATE RT 8, CHESTERTOWN, NY 12817 · (518) 494-3015 · Warren County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New York public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
56 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
224 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 26 | 6% |
| Grade 3 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 28 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 33 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 38 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 11% larger than its 8th grade class (28).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
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
52.7%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
56.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.7% | 56.3% |
| 2023-24 | 50.8% | 57.4% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 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 NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 470 | 47.7% | 53.3% |
| BELLEVILLE HENDERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL BELLEVILLE | 491 | 45.6% | 49.4% |
| CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL CHERRY VALLEY | 420 | 48.3% | 38.3% |
| LA FARGEVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL LA FARGEVILLE | 448 | 45.3% | 67.1% |
| MADISON CENTRAL SCHOOL MADISON | 413 | 50.1% | 38.8% |
| STOCKBRIDGE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL MUNNSVILLE | 377 | 47.2% | 54.1% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #49 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.3% | #55 of 101 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.7% | #55 of 101 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #62 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.3:1 | #85 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.1% | #107 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.7% | #87 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.3% | #64 of 95 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
470
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+183% since 1990-91, when it was 166
Student : Teacher
8.3:1
was 8.5:1
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 | 470 | 56.4 | 8.3:1 | 48% (224) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 59.2 | 8.0:1 | 48% (227) |
| 2022-23 | 465 | 60.7 | 7.7:1 | 37% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 475 | 56 | 8.5:1 | 40% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 518 | 55.1 | 9.4:1 | 50% (260) |
| 2015-16 | 532 | 56 | 9.5:1 | 51% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 63 | 8.6:1 | 43% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 657 | 64 | 10.3:1 | 42% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 166 | 18 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is a medium-sized combined-grade school in New York, located in CHESTERTOWN. The grade span is pre-K through 12, and enrollment is 470 students.
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL.
Federal enrollment data show NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is 91% White. It is also 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is close to the 92% White share among all Warren County residents. NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL's diversity index is 16%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 8.3:1. That is close to the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 48%.
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is graded C+ by allk12, scoring above 44% of New York public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL's results are 4.2 points below predicted: 53.3% against 57.5%.
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is located in Warren County, where the median household income is $78,442, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in the county.
Nearby, BOLTON CENTRAL SCHOOL is about 9.5 miles away. NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL's average proficiency of 53.3% compares with 52.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 475 in 2020-21 and 470 in 2024-25.
The NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Warren County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,517
Census ACS
Median income
$78,442
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
7,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- BOLTON CENTRAL SCHOOL9.5 mi · 164
- JOHNSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL10.2 mi · 244
- MINERVA CENTRAL SCHOOL10.6 mi · 104
- WARRENSBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.4 mi · 262
- WARRENSBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 326
- SCHROON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL12.3 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOLHow many students attend NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL?
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 470 students in grades PK-12.
Is NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL have?
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL?
At NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL in?
NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of NORTH WARREN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.