PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL

PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of substantial scale in CENTRAL SQUARE, New York, run under CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 1,026 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 54% above typical.

PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 6 schools operated by CENTRAL SQUARE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 3,458 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder consists of 2% multiracial. Compared to Oswego County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL has 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Oswego County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 64.7%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Oswego County indicate median household earnings sit near $69,183, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oswego County runs 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,529 students), of which PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is MILLARD HAWK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.8%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,212 (now 1,026). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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