PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL

As a reasonably sized senior high in NEW HARTFORD, New York, PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL caters to 577 students from grades 7 through 10, overseen by NEW HARTFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.

NEW HARTFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 2,466 students. PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 19% of students at PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Oneida County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.8%; this one delivers 81.5%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Oneida County put median household earnings sit near $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HUGHES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 49.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PERRY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 586 students in 2018 to 577 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 82% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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