Enrollment
159
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN HORNESVILLE-OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362220003142
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL
2316 STATE RT 80, VAN HORNESVILLE, NY 13475 · (315) 858-0729 · Herkimer County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 15% of New York public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
6.0:1
27 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
82 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 11 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 13 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 8 | 5% |
| Grade 11 | 8 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 14 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (13).
Student demographics
9%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
35.3%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
43.2%
NY avg 57.4% . -1.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.3% | 43.2% |
| 2023-24 | 41.2% | 44.2% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 159 | 51.6% | 40.8% |
| SAINT REGIS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL ST REGIS FALLS | 183 | 53.0% | 30.8% |
| BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL BROOKFIELD | 189 | 52.9% | 41.2% |
| JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL JEFFERSON | 148 | 55.4% | 40.4% |
| RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RICHFIELD SPRINGS | 189 | 48.1% | 61.1% |
| CANASERAGA SCHOOL CANASERAGA | 203 | 54.2% | 68.7% |
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 OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #83 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #84 of 101 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #94 of 101 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #162 of 192 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.6% | #76 of 136 |
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
159
-7 (-4%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 276
Student : Teacher
6.0:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 159 | 26.6 | 6.0:1 | 52% (82) |
| 2023-24 | 162 | 24.7 | 6.6:1 | 62% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 174 | 26 | 6.7:1 | 70% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 166 | 21 | 7.9:1 | 47% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 181 | 18 | 10.1:1 | 50% (91) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 16 | 11.0:1 | 50% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 207 | 20 | 10.3:1 | 52% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 251 | 20 | 12.6:1 | 59% (147) |
| 1990-91 | 276 | 26 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL runs as a very small school serving multiple grade levels in VAN HORNESVILLE, New York. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 12, with 159 students on the rolls. That compares with an average of about 544 students for combined schools in New York.
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL reports to VAN HORNESVILLE-OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Of every 100 students at OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL, about 95 are White. After that, the student body is 3% Hispanic. Census estimates put Herkimer County at about 92% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 9% means there is a 9% chance two randomly chosen students at OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its ratio of 6.0:1 is based on 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for combined schools in New York is 8.7:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 52% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 15% of New York public K-12 schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL would score about 56.0%. It scores 40.8%, 15.2 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Herkimer County, median household income comes to about $68,515, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 25 public schools and about 9,619 students.
CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL is about 6.2 miles from OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within ten miles. On state test proficiency, OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 7th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 4%. The school's ratio dropped from 7.9:1 to 6.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Herkimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,757
Census ACS
Median income
$68,515
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
9,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL6.2 mi · 420
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.8 mi · 189
- RICHFIELD SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.8 mi · 231
- HARRY HOAG SCHOOL10.0 mi · 341
- FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.2 mi · 316
- BENTON HALL ACADEMY10.3 mi · 441
Frequently asked questions
About OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL?
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 159 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 6.0:1 students per teacher at OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL?
At OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL?
OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by VAN HORNESVILLE-OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Herkimer County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.