OWEGO FREE ACADEMY

OWEGO FREE ACADEMY, a middle-of-the-pack high school in OWEGO, New York, part of OWEGO-APALACHIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 621 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Within OWEGO-APALACHIN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 5 schools and 1,958 students, OWEGO FREE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

Demographically, OWEGO FREE ACADEMY records that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Tioga County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Tioga County indicate median household income runs about $72,739, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tioga County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students), of which OWEGO FREE ACADEMY is one.

OWEGO-APALACHIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 637 students in 2018 compared to 621 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.