Enrollment
272
High
DISTRICT 345 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362736003735
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL
4264 EAST RD, TURIN, NY 13473 · (315) 348-2520 · Lewis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
150 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 76 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 69 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 42 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 2% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
58.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.0pp since 2023
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 58 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 65.0% |
% 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
74.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.7%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% 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%.
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 SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (74.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 272 | 55.1% | 74.0% |
| SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL BRASHER FALLS | 276 | 55.4% | 60.8% |
| DUNDEE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DUNDEE | 281 | 53.7% | 47.3% |
| MIDDLEBURGH JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MIDDLEBURGH | 284 | 57.0% | 54.7% |
| HARPURSVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HARPURSVILLE | 253 | 56.9% | 40.4% |
| MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORT HENRY | 292 | 53.8% | 35.5% |
Matched among New York high 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 SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #272 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #458 of 1,109 ▼ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #190 of 1,135 ▲ 199 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #973 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #305 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #1,004 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #644 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #302 of 743 |
Ranked against other public high 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
272
-18 (-6%) vs 2020
-56% since 1990-91, when it was 623
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 272 | 27.3 | 10.0:1 | 55% (150) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 29.8 | 9.6:1 | 57% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 272 | 27.7 | 9.8:1 | 56% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 290 | 26 | 11.2:1 | 56% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 318 | 22 | 14.4:1 | 59% (188) |
| 2015-16 | 298 | 21 | 14.2:1 | 60% (180) |
| 2010-11 | 355 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 65% (232) |
| 2000-01 | 429 | 30 | 14.3:1 | 36% (154) |
| 1990-91 | 623 | 44 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school for students in TURIN, New York. Total enrollment is 272 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. It has 59% fewer students than the average for high schools in New York (about 668).
SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 3 schools; together they serve 1,035 students.
The share of students at SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL who are White is 94%. Other groups include 3% Hispanic. Lewis County residents are about 94% White, a similar share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 11, compared with 70 nationally.
Classroom staffing at SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL totals 27.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.0:1. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL is about 55%. Across public schools in Lewis County, the average is 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 78% of New York public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 74.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 54.7%.
In the surrounding county, Lewis County, the median household earns about $68,182 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL, Lewis County has 13 public schools.
SOUTH LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Remote.
In 2020-21, SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 290 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 272. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (10.0:1) than in 2020-21 (11.2:1).
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Lewis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,607
Census ACS
Median income
$68,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,082 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 311 students
Other schools in TURIN
- SOUTH LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 311 students
Nearby schools
- SOUTH LEWIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 452
- SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 311
- BOONVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.0 mi · 420
- ADIRONDACK MIDDLE SCHOOL11.0 mi · 243
- ADIRONDACK HIGH SCHOOL11.1 mi · 383
- LOWVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.7 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 272 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL have?
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL?
At SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 94% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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