SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL

SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL, a close-knit combined-grade school in SACKETS HARBOR, New York, run under SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 411 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 544 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

Operationally, SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL answers to SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%). The remainder consists of 8% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 28% of students at SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.5%; this one delivers 61.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) logs that median household income runs about $66,301, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Jefferson County's 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 6.3 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL has contracted 8%, going from 445 students in 2018 to 411 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.

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