POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of micro-enrollment scale in POLAND, New York, run under POLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 251 students in grades 6 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Within POLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 507 students, POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder is composed of 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Herkimer County as a whole.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Herkimer County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Herkimer County shows median household income runs about $68,515, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Herkimer County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,619 students), of which POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is POLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 246 students in 2018 compared to 251 in 2025.

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