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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362511003473

ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL

53729 NYS RT 30, ROXBURY, NY 12474 · (607) 326-4151 · Delaware County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL224 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of New York public K-12 schools
  • CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-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 K-12 schools

Enrollment
224
Combined
STATE 544
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
29 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
94 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.

Enrollment by grade, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K84%
Kindergarten188%
Grade 1209%
Grade 2178%
Grade 384%
Grade 4178%
Grade 5178%
Grade 6167%
Grade 7125%
Grade 8188%
Grade 9209%
Grade 10198%
Grade 11188%
Grade 12167%

This year's kindergarten class (18) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (18).

Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
White
20491%
STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
84%
STATE 31% · US 30%
Black
31%
STATE 16% · US 15%
Two+
94%
STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
9643%
Female
12857%

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
41.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.9pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +33.8pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 34 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2541.6%84.0%
2023-2454.5%50.2%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL

ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (47.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL this school22442.0%47.0%
FRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL
FRANKLIN
20942.1%40.3%
GILBOA-CONESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
GILBOA
24943.8%48.1%
SCHENEVUS CENTRAL SCHOOL
SCHENEVUS
24438.9%50.7%
JOHNSBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL
NORTH CREEK
24438.9%45.5%
TOWN OF WEBB SCHOOL
OLD FORGE
23645.8%58.9%
Matched among New York K-12 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 ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks

Among K-12 schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Delaware County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
47.0%#69 of 101#5 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
84.0%#11 of 101
▲ 56
#1 of 8
▲ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
41.6%#85 of 101
▼ 49
#7 of 8
▼ 5
Enrollment
ranked largest first
224#148 of 192#6 of 10
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
7.7:1#77 of 146#4 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
16.8%#104 of 152#4 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
42.0%#104 of 136#6 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-19.7%#27 of 95#3 of 7
Ranked against other public K-12 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 2024-25
Enrollment
224
-26 (-10%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 442
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 7.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25224297.7:142% (94)
2023-24228317.3:140% (91)
2022-2323132.67.1:139% (90)
2020-21250337.6:135% (88)
2017-18279358.0:156% (157)
2015-16320349.4:157% (181)
2010-11351399.0:137% (131)
2000-01355399.1:132% (114)
1990-914423911.3:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL.

About ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL

A low-enrollment combined-grade school in ROXBURY, New York, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is part of ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. A federal count lists 224 students at the school, in pre-K through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in New York) has about 544 students.

Federal records list ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT as the district for ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL.

About 91% of the student body at ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is White. Other reported shares: 4% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. The White share in Delaware County as a whole is similar, at about 90%. Pick two students at random and there is a 17% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

Teachers at the school number 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 7.7:1. On average, combined schools in New York have 8.7:1, compared with 7.7:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 42% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

Measured against New York public K-12 schools, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL would score about 59.6%. It scores 47.0%, 12.5 points below that figure.

In the county around the school, Delaware County, the median household income is $63,337, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Delaware County is home to 21 public schools and about 5,307 public school students.

Nearest public school: OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SCHOHARIE-GREENE BOCES, about 6.4 miles away. Within ten miles are 4 other public schools. ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.

ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.

2024-25 enrollment was 224, a 10% decrease from 250 in 2020-21.

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Delaware County at a glance

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Population
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students

Quick facts

School name
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL
District
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
53729 NYS RT 30, ROXBURY, NY 12474
Phone
(607) 326-4151
County
Delaware County
Level
Combined
Grade range
PK–12
Total enrollment
224
Teachers (FTE)
29
Student–teacher ratio
7.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
94 (42%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
362511003473
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL
What is the total enrollment at ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL?
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 224 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL serves grades PK-12.
How many teachers does ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL have?
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 7.7:1.
What is the student diversity at ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL are roughly 91% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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