SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL
As a cozy 9-12 campus in BRASHER FALLS, New York, SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls 276 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by BRASHER FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. That puts it 59% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.
Within BRASHER FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 946 students, SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% Native American, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 55% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, St. Lawrence County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.6%; this one delivers 60.8%.
In the surrounding community, St. Lawrence County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,850, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students).
ST LAWRENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.1%.
SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 22%, going from 352 students in 2018 to 276 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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