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Enrollment
370
High
DISTRICT 231 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ONTEORA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362184003101
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL
4166 RT 28, BOICEVILLE, NY 12412 · (845) 657-2373 · Ulster County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% 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.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
135 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 | 84 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 87 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 90 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 109 | 29% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ONTEORA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
84.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -8.0pp since 2023
Math
80.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 87.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
75.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (75.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 370 | 36.5% | 75.8% |
| CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL CHATHAM | 316 | 37.3% | 76.8% |
| SOUTHWESTERN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JAMESTOWN | 376 | 38.0% | 75.7% |
| DRYDEN HIGH SCHOOL DRYDEN | 356 | 39.9% | 69.2% |
| GENESEO MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GENESEO | 467 | 35.8% | 60.3% |
| ROYALTON-HARTLAND HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLEPORT | 337 | 36.2% | 77.2% |
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 ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ulster County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.8% | #245 of 1,135 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #141 of 1,109 ▼ 8 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #347 of 1,135 ▼ 129 | #6 of 9 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #789 of 1,216 | #9 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #293 of 1,058 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.3% | #739 of 1,070 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #910 of 1,167 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #316 of 743 | #2 of 7 |
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
370
-40 (-10%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 963
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 370 | 37.3 | 9.9:1 | 36% (135) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 39.6 | 10.2:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 413 | 43.5 | 9.5:1 | 44% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 410 | 39 | 10.5:1 | 46% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 35.4 | 12.1:1 | 44% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 33 | 12.6:1 | 41% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 587 | 46 | 12.8:1 | 29% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 666 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 17% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 963 | 81 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL.
About ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL
In BOICEVILLE, New York, part of Ulster County, ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school. The school counted 370 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 45% below the average for high schools in New York.
The ONTEORA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT system has 5 schools and 1,157 students.
The student body at ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is 79% White. It is also 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. A diversity index of 35% means there is a 35% chance two randomly chosen students at ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL has 37.3 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.9:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. The school has 36% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL earns an A- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 76% of New York public high schools.
On BeatsExpectations, ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is 14.3 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ulster County show that median household income comes to about $86,271, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Ulster County counts 45 public schools with about 20,189 students.
Among nearby public schools, ONTEORA MIDDLE SCHOOL is closest at less than a tenth of a mile. ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with 2 others within five miles. ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 40 students, from 410 to 370.
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Ulster County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
182,601
Census ACS
Median income
$86,271
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
45
20,189 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ONTEORA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ONTEORA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 248 students
- REGINALD BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
- WOODSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 189 students
- PHOENICIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 114 students
Other schools in BOICEVILLE
- ONTEORA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 248 students
- REGINALD BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 236 students
Nearby schools
- ONTEORA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 248
- REGINALD BENNETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 236
- PHOENICIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.2 mi · 114
- WOODSTOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 189
- ERNEST C MYER SCHOOL12.0 mi · 213
- MARBLETOWN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL12.3 mi · 295
Frequently asked questions
About ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL?
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 370 students in grades 09-12.
Is ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.9:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL?
At ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL?
ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by ONTEORA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Ulster County.
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