ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is an one-room-style 9-12 campus in ORISKANY, New York, operated by ORISKANY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school works with 229 students in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 66% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within ORISKANY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 564 students, ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder consists of 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 27% of students at ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 71.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Oneida County shows median household income runs about $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

N A WALBRAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.6%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ORISKANY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 22%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 229 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 7.6:1 in 2025.

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