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Enrollment
411
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361488001245
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
215 S BROAD ST, SACKETS HARBOR, NY 13685 · (315) 646-3575 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% of New York public K-12 schools
- A-Test 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
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
117 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 37 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 33 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 27 | 7% |
| Grade 7 | 29 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 25 | 6% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 8% |
| Grade 10 | 35 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 28 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 10% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 48% larger than its 8th grade class (25).
Student demographics
23%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
60.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.6pp since 2023
Math
70.1%
NY avg 57.4% . +10.9pp 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 70 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.6% | 70.1% |
| 2023-24 | 64.1% | 59.2% |
% 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 · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
61.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (61.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 411 | 28.5% | 61.8% |
| COPENHAGEN CENTRAL SCHOOL COPENHAGEN | 473 | 28.1% | 65.3% |
| HEUVELTON CENTRAL SCHOOL HEUVELTON | 510 | 30.2% | 56.1% |
| HOOSIC VALLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SCHAGHTICOKE | 388 | 35.8% | 55.7% |
| COLTON-PIERREPONT CENTRAL SCHOOL COLTON | 359 | 35.7% | 65.6% |
| ARKPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL ARKPORT | 435 | 37.2% | 57.3% |
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 SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.8% | #21 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.1% | #26 of 101 ▲ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.6% | #31 of 101 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #76 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #116 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.5% | #93 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.5% | #127 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #73 of 95 |
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 2024-25Enrollment
411
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 411 | 38 | 10.8:1 | 28% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 34.5 | 11.6:1 | 36% (145) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 41 | 10.0:1 | 35% (144) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 37 | 10.6:1 | 26% (102) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 38% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 448 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 35% (159) |
| 2010-11 | 465 | 40 | 11.6:1 | 27% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 43 | 11.6:1 | 31% (153) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 41 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL is a small combined-grade school in SACKETS HARBOR, New York, (ZIP code 13685). The grade span is pre-K through 12, and enrollment is 411 students. Average enrollment for combined schools in New York is about 544, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL belongs to SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
About 88% of the student body at SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL is White. The remaining students are 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 23% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 38 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 10.8:1. That is higher than the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York. Eligible students account for 28% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. For comparison, public schools in Jefferson County average 49%.
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 65% of New York public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.8% and a predicted 64.5%.
Jefferson County has these Census figures: the median household income is $66,301, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jefferson County is home to 39 public schools and about 16,789 public school students.
The nearest public school is DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 6.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL is 3rd on average proficiency.
Federal data place SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL in the Rural: Distant locale, which means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment has grown by 20 students since 2020-21, to 411.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
115,040
Census ACS
Median income
$66,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
16,789 students
Quick facts
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- DEXTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.3 mi · 300
- GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.1 mi · 675
- JEFFERSON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-HERKIMER-ONEIDA BOCES7.7 mi · 267
- MAYNARD P WILSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.2 mi · 477
- BROWNVILLE SCHOOL8.4 mi · 374
- LYME CENTRAL SCHOOL8.5 mi · 335
Frequently asked questions
About SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL?
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL.
How diverse is SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL?
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 88% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.