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Enrollment
904
High
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362256003178
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
275 E CENTRAL AVE, PEARL RIVER, NY 10965 · (845) 620-3800 · Rockland County
GRADES 08–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL904 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 62% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
84 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
182 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 179 | 20% |
| Grade 9 | 169 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 197 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 167 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 192 | 21% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
78.5%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
74.1%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.5% | 74.1% |
| 2023-24 | 80.6% | 78.9% |
% 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
71.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (71.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 904 | 20.1% | 71.6% |
| HARBORFIELDS HIGH SCHOOL GREENLAWN | 923 | 21.1% | 93.2% |
| MILLER PLACE HIGH SCHOOL MILLER PLACE | 764 | 20.0% | 86.7% |
| SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE CENTRE | 959 | 20.6% | 77.2% |
| WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 1,163 | 20.2% | 79.3% |
| KINGS PARK HIGH SCHOOL KINGS PARK | 823 | 14.3% | 86.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rockland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.6% | #316 of 1,135 | #5 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #205 of 1,109 ▲ 33 | #5 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #449 of 1,135 ▲ 8 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 904 | #274 of 1,216 | #9 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #481 of 1,058 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.6% | #633 of 1,070 | #8 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.1% | #1,096 of 1,167 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.9% | #436 of 743 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
904
-88 (-9%) vs 2020
+37% since 1990-91, when it was 661
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 904 | 83.7 | 10.8:1 | 20% (182) |
| 2023-24 | 926 | 84.2 | 11.0:1 | 19% (178) |
| 2022-23 | 935 | 82.7 | 11.3:1 | 18% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 992 | 80 | 12.4:1 | 14% (135) |
| 2017-18 | 1,003 | 80.2 | 12.5:1 | 12% (120) |
| 2015-16 | 984 | 77 | 12.8:1 | 9% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 1,056 | 79 | 13.4:1 | 6% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 844 | 66 | 12.8:1 | 4% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 661 | 61 | 10.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
About PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL runs as a medium-sized high school in PEARL RIVER, New York. Enrollment is 904 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 8 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 35% larger than average.
PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT has 2,148 students spread across 5 schools.
Roughly 73% of students at PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL are White. Other reported shares: 20% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Rockland County's residents are about 62% White, 11 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The count of teachers at PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is 83.7 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 10.8:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Around 20% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is lower than the 48% average for public schools in Rockland County.
allk12 grades PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.6% for PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. The school posts 71.6%, 4.0 points above the prediction.
In Rockland County (population about 341,883), the median household income is $109,959, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 66 public schools in Rockland County, enrolling about 41,335 students in all.
The closest public school, EVANS PARK SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles from PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 9% from 2020-21, when PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL had 992 students, to 2024-25, when it had 904. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.4:1 in 2020-21, and 10.8:1 in 2024-25.
Discussions about PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
341,883
Census ACS
Median income
$109,959
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
66
41,335 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 501 students
- EVANS PARK SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 262 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 190 students
Other schools in PEARL RIVER
- PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 501 students
- EVANS PARK SCHOOLElementary · 291 students
- FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 262 students
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 190 students
Other Pearl River High schools
One other US public school is named Pearl River High. PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Pearl River High SchoolPearl River, LA · 781 students
Nearby schools
- EVANS PARK SCHOOL0.3 mi · 291
- FRANKLIN AVENUE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 262
- PEARL RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 501
- LINCOLN AVENUE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 190
- GEORGE W MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 409
- NANUET SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 745
Frequently asked questions
About PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 904 students in grades 08-12.
Is PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-12.
How many students per teacher at PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 73% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL?
PEARL RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by PEARL RIVER UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rockland County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.