REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Set in REMSEN, New York, REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a tiny high school, overseen by REMSEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 188 students across grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 72% below that benchmark.
Within REMSEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 2 schools and 405 students, REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that nearly all students (97%) are White. The remainder consists of 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Oneida County's rate of about 47%.
After controlling for student poverty, REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.1%, the actual is 69.6%, a residual of +8.5 points.
Around the school, Oneida County reports that median household income runs about $70,154, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Oneida County runs 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), of which REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
The closest other public school is REMSEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts REMSEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 55.1%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 187 students in 2018 compared to 188 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 7.8:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 in 2025.
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