ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL

Set in ROXBURY, New York, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is a close-knit all-grades campus, one of the schools within ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It instructs 224 students across grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 544.

ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the operating authority for ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 4% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Delaware County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 8.7:1 average. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Delaware County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,337 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Delaware County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,307 students), of which ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL is one.

OTSEGO-DELAWARE-SCHOHARIE-GREENE BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 279 (now 224).

On the community side, the feed for ROXBURY CENTRAL SCHOOL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.