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Enrollment
1,557
High
DISTRICT 1,128 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362988004022
ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
99 MYERS CORNERS RD, WAPPINGERS FALLS, NY 12590 · (845) 298-5100 · Dutchess County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,557 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
613 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 363 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 372 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 388 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 434 | 28% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 72% · US 70%
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
88.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
35.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 50.0% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% 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%.
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 ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,557 | 39.4% | 58.5% |
| PINE BUSH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PINE BUSH | 1,562 | 43.0% | 74.0% |
| VALLEY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MONTGOMERY | 1,385 | 36.2% | 78.3% |
| WASHINGTONVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WASHINGTONVILLE | 1,308 | 35.9% | 69.7% |
| CENTEREACH HIGH SCHOOL CENTEREACH | 1,467 | 43.3% | 56.7% |
| KINGSTON HIGH SCHOOL KINGSTON | 1,749 | 45.4% | 57.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #575 of 1,135 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #811 of 1,109 ▼ 169 | #13 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #252 of 1,135 ▲ 77 | #7 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,557 | #88 of 1,216 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #878 of 1,058 | #11 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.2% | #214 of 1,070 | #4 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.4% | #865 of 1,167 | #7 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #410 of 743 | #8 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high 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 2024-25Enrollment
1,557
-76 (-5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,510
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,557 | 115.9 | 13.4:1 | 39% (613) |
| 2023-24 | 1,596 | 116.5 | 13.7:1 | 43% (680) |
| 2022-23 | 1,612 | 116.7 | 13.8:1 | 31% (506) |
| 2020-21 | 1,633 | 115 | 14.2:1 | 32% (525) |
| 2017-18 | 1,748 | 115 | 15.2:1 | 27% (468) |
| 2015-16 | 1,812 | 116 | 15.6:1 | 25% (460) |
| 2010-11 | 2,001 | 123 | 16.3:1 | 14% (285) |
| 2000-01 | 1,637 | 106 | 15.4:1 | 10% (161) |
| 1990-91 | 1,510 | 105 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Among the schools in WAPPINGERS FALLS, New York, is ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, a large high school. It enrolled 1,557 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 133% higher than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
Enrollment across the 15 schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 10,199 students.
White students are the majority at ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 51% of enrollment. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The county population is about 69% White. ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's diversity index is 63%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at the school number 115.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.4:1. This ratio sits 2.4 above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Roughly 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Dutchess County average 40%.
The allk12 Grade for ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is C+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 39% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.5%; the prediction is 60.5%.
Federal survey data for Dutchess County show that the median household income is $99,478, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Dutchess County is home to 76 public schools and about 36,885 public school students.
Nearby, MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles of ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 76 fewer students in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,768 students
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- GAYHEAD SCHOOLElementary · 831 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
Other schools in WAPPINGERS FALLS
- VAN WYCK JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 878 students
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOLElementary · 836 students
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 764 students
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 612 students
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 602 students
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 297 students
Nearby schools
- MYERS CORNERS SCHOOL0.6 mi · 836
- JAMES S EVANS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 297
- WAPPINGERS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 764
- SHEAFE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 612
- OAK GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 455
- FISHKILL PLAINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 602
Frequently asked questions
About ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,557 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.4:1 (116 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 31% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ROY C KETCHAM SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WAPPINGERS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Dutchess County.
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