SAUQUOIT VALLEY 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 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 36 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of cozy scale in SAUQUOIT, New York, overseen by SAUQUOIT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, hosting 280 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 58% leaner than typical.
SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SAUQUOIT VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 883 students overall.
Looking at the student body, SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (93%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Oneida County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.3%; this one delivers 77.3%.
In the surrounding community, Oneida County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,154, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Oneida County's 72 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,265 students), SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SAUQUOIT VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.9%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAUQUOIT VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 4%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 280 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 today.
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