SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized four-year high school in ADAMS, New York, run under SOUTH JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 574 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

SOUTH JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,788 students. SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 60.9%; this one delivers 82.7%, a residual of +21.8 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,301, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Jefferson County runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 16,789 students), of which SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CLARKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 51.4%.

SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 585 (now 574). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 today.

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