Enrollment
267
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362619003604
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL
3968 WASHINGTON ST, SCIO, NY 14880 · (585) 593-5510 · Allegany County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL267 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
38 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
141 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
64.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +11.3pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
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
57.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
267
-86 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.1:1
was 9.9:1
% White
93%
was 96%
% Hispanic
2%
was 1%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL, a small all-grades campus in SCIO, New York, run under SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 267 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 51% leaner than the state mean of about 544.
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the operating authority for SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.
Demographically, SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest looks like 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Allegany County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 8.7:1, putting SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 57.4%, a residual of +1.9 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Allegany County shows median household earnings sit near $62,869, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Allegany County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,589 students), SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL, around 3.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 49.2%.
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 24% since 2018, when it stood at 353 (now 267). Class-load math has fell: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 in 2025.
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Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,159
Census ACS
Median income
$62,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,589 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 624
- WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 517
- GENESEE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL5.1 mi · 594
- FRIENDSHIP CENTRAL SCHOOL8.5 mi · 259
- ANDOVER SCHOOL9.5 mi · 239
- BOLIVAR-RICHBURG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.8 mi · 298
Frequently asked questions
About SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL?
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 267 students in grades PK-12.
What age range does SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL serve?
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.1:1 students per teacher at SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL.
How diverse is SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL?
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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