OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As a modestly sized senior high in ST JOHNSVILLE, New York, OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL educates 349 students from grades 7 through 12, run under OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST. JOHNSVILLE CSD. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 668.
Across the 2 schools in OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST. JOHNSVILLE CSD (695 students total), OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest breaks down as 2% Hispanic, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 58% of students at OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 47.6%, a residual of -6.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,943, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Montgomery County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 4.2 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.3%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 36%: 256 students in 2018 compared to 349 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.
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