Enrollment
391
High
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FLORIDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362532003497
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE
51 N MAIN ST, FLORIDA, NY 10921 · (845) 651-3095 · Orange County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL391 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New York public high schools
- BTest 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
132 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 6 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 12 | 54 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within FLORIDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
61.5%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.1pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 63.5% | 65.6% |
% 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
63.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 S S SEWARD INSTITUTE
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE's state test result (63.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| S S SEWARD INSTITUTE this school | 391 | 33.8% | 63.4% |
| JAMES I O'NEILL HIGH SCHOOL FORT MONTGOMERY | 409 | 33.0% | 64.8% |
| OYSTER BAY HIGH SCHOOL OYSTER BAY | 412 | 28.6% | 78.8% |
| PAWLING HIGH SCHOOL PAWLING | 360 | 28.3% | 71.2% |
| VALHALLA HIGH SCHOOL VALHALLA | 424 | 31.1% | 75.0% |
| EAST ROCKAWAY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL EAST ROCKAWAY | 557 | 36.6% | 66.6% |
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 S S SEWARD INSTITUTE ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.4% | #480 of 1,135 | #11 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #307 of 1,109 ▲ 115 | #5 of 14 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #761 of 1,135 ▲ 3 | #14 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 391 | #735 of 1,216 | #14 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.2:1 | #176 of 1,058 | #2 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #316 of 1,070 | #10 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.8% | #951 of 1,167 | #9 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #479 of 743 | #5 of 10 |
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
391
-28 (-7%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 240
Student : Teacher
9.2:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 391 | 42.4 | 9.2:1 | 34% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 44.4 | 8.7:1 | 34% (133) |
| 2022-23 | 390 | 43.7 | 8.9:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 419 | 42 | 10.0:1 | 22% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 39 | 11.0:1 | 26% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 41 | 11.2:1 | 21% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 470 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 11% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 407 | 38 | 10.7:1 | 15% (62) |
| 1990-91 | 240 | 27 | 8.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for S S SEWARD INSTITUTE.
About S S SEWARD INSTITUTE
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE is a low-enrollment high school that serves part of FLORIDA, New York. Grades offered run from 6 through 12, with 391 students enrolled. For comparison, high schools in New York average about 668 students.
Across its 2 schools, FLORIDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 726 students. S S SEWARD INSTITUTE is one of those schools.
At S S SEWARD INSTITUTE, White students make up 57% of the student body. The next largest groups are 31% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Pick two students at random and there is a 57% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at S S SEWARD INSTITUTE total 42.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.2:1. That is 1.8 students per teacher below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 34%. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Orange County, the school's rate is lower.
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 48% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, S S SEWARD INSTITUTE falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 63.4% actual against 62.6% predicted.
Federal survey data for Orange County show that the median household income is $97,178, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. There are 82 public schools in Orange County, enrolling about 57,122 students in all.
The shortest distance from S S SEWARD INSTITUTE to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to GOLDEN HILL ELEMENTARY. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. S S SEWARD INSTITUTE places 2nd of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The NCES locale for S S SEWARD INSTITUTE is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 391, a 7% decrease from 419 in 2020-21.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for S S SEWARD INSTITUTE covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FLORIDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GOLDEN HILL ELEMENTARYElementary · 335 students
Nearby schools
- GOLDEN HILL ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 335
- GOSHEN SECURE CENTER2.7 mi · 51
- ORANGE-ULSTER BOCES3.5 mi · 1,082
- CHESTER ACADEMY-MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL4.8 mi · 538
- CHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.9 mi · 393
- C J HOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL5.4 mi · 646
Frequently asked questions
About S S SEWARD INSTITUTEHow large is S S SEWARD INSTITUTE?
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE enrolls approximately 391 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does S S SEWARD INSTITUTE serve?
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at S S SEWARD INSTITUTE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at S S SEWARD INSTITUTE is approximately 9.2:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at S S SEWARD INSTITUTE?
At S S SEWARD INSTITUTE, the student body is approximately 57% White, 31% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is S S SEWARD INSTITUTE public or private?
S S SEWARD INSTITUTE is a public K-12 school, overseen by FLORIDA UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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