Enrollment
264
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362658003631
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL
514 ST RT 20, SHARON SPRINGS, NY 13459 · (518) 284-2267 · Schoharie County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL264 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of New York public K-12 schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
8.4:1
31 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
139 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 23 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 18 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 14 | 5% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 21 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 19 | 7% |
| Grade 10 | 17 | 6% |
| Grade 11 | 33 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 9 | 3% |
This year's kindergarten class (23) is 10% larger than its 8th grade class (21).
Student demographics
10%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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
49.6%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.7pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 50 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.6% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 42.9% | 63.0% |
% 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
47.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% 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 →
Schools most like SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (47.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 264 | 52.7% | 47.1% |
| WALTON HIGH SCHOOL WALTON | 271 | 53.1% | 63.2% |
| SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL SCIO | 267 | 52.8% | 57.4% |
| BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL BRADFORD | 249 | 51.4% | 59.3% |
| BELFAST SCHOOL BELFAST | 318 | 51.9% | 62.4% |
| CANASERAGA SCHOOL CANASERAGA | 203 | 54.2% | 68.7% |
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 SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.1% | #66 of 101 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #83 of 101 ▼ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.6% | #66 of 101 ▲ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 264 | #128 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #87 of 146 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.2% | #130 of 152 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #73 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.5% | #37 of 59 |
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
264
+40 (+18%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 7.5:1
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 | 264 | 31.4 | 8.4:1 | 53% (139) |
| 2023-24 | 257 | 31 | 8.3:1 | 51% (130) |
| 2022-23 | 249 | 30 | 8.3:1 | 51% (126) |
| 2020-21 | 224 | 30 | 7.5:1 | 48% (107) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 27.5 | 8.8:1 | 51% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 266 | 25 | 10.6:1 | 62% (166) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 30 | 11.2:1 | 43% (143) |
| 2000-01 | 394 | 37 | 10.7:1 | 40% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 28 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is a small combined-grade school in SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in SHARON SPRINGS, New York. Classes run from pre-K through 12, and the school has 264 students. Against the 544-student average for combined schools in New York, enrollment here is 51% lower.
The local education agency for SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Most students at SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL are White: 95% of enrollment. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. By the diversity index, SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL comes in at 10%.
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL's 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 8.4:1. Across combined schools in New York, the average ratio is about 8.7:1. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 53%.
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is graded C by allk12, scoring above 31% of New York public K-12 schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is -8.5 points: 47.1% actual, 55.6% predicted.
County data help place the school in context: in Schoharie County, median household income is about $70,133, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is among the 11 public schools in Schoharie County.
CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL is the public school closest to SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL, about 7.6 miles away. SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL has 7 other public schools within ten miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 5th on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL saw enrollment rise 18% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Schoharie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,049
Census ACS
Median income
$70,133
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,597 students
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- CHERRY VALLEY-SPRINGFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL7.6 mi · 420
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- CANAJOHARIE MIDDLE SCHOOL8.3 mi · 193
- EAST HILL SCHOOL8.3 mi · 403
- GEORGE D RYDER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.9 mi · 364
- WILLIAM H GOLDING MIDDLE SCHOOL9.9 mi · 344
Frequently asked questions
About SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 264 students in grades PK-12.
Is SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 8.4:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Student demographics at SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL public or private?
SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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