SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 4264 EAST RD, in TURIN, New York, SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL is an intimate four-year high school that instructs 272 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Enrollment runs roughly 59% below the state mean of about 668.

SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by SOUTH LEWIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that teaches 1,035 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder reads as 3% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Lewis County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lewis County runs at roughly 45%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.0%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lewis County) reports that median household income runs about $68,182, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Lewis County (combined enrollment of about 4,082 students).

SOUTH LEWIS MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.9%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTH LEWIS HIGH SCHOOL has declined 14%, going from 318 students in 2018 to 272 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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