Enrollment
329
High
DISTRICT 308 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362214003134
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
7263 S MAIN ST, OVID, NY 14521 · (607) 869-9636 · Seneca County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 10% of New York public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
8.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
156 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 6 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 15% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
42.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.2pp since 2023
Math
32.7%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.8% | 32.7% |
| 2023-24 | 40.6% | 31.4% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 329 | 47.4% | 40.1% |
| PORT BYRON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORT BYRON | 345 | 46.1% | 49.7% |
| CAMPBELL-SAVONA JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CAMPBELL | 343 | 46.1% | 60.9% |
| BERLIN MIDDLE SCHOOL/HIGH SCHOOL CHERRY PLAIN | 323 | 47.1% | 55.7% |
| BAINBRIDGE-GUILFORD HIGH SCHOOL BAINBRIDGE | 351 | 47.3% | 58.0% |
| AUSABLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL CLINTONVILLE | 342 | 46.5% | 69.0% |
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 SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #940 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #845 of 1,109 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #1,041 of 1,135 ▲ 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #880 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #81 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #950 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #721 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #346 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
329
-8 (-2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 7.8:1
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 | 329 | 39.3 | 8.4:1 | 47% (156) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 40.8 | 8.3:1 | 45% (153) |
| 2022-23 | 321 | 39.3 | 8.2:1 | 50% (160) |
| 2020-21 | 337 | 43 | 7.8:1 | 45% (151) |
| 2017-18 | 378 | 41 | 9.2:1 | 52% (198) |
| 2015-16 | 416 | 42 | 9.9:1 | 55% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 295 | 21 | 14.1:1 | 61% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 44 | 11.7:1 | 43% (221) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 32 | 12.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in OVID, New York, reachable at (607) 869-9636. In all, 329 students attend the school in grades 6 through 12. The school is 51% below the average for high schools in New York.
SOUTH SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools with a combined 615 students. SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
White students account for 93% of the school's enrollment. It is also 3% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school had 39.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 8.4:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 47%.
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 10% of New York public high schools.
The model predicts 57.5% for a school in New York with SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL posts 40.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Seneca County show that the median household earns about $68,089 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Seneca County has 11 public schools with about 3,612 students, including SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL is about 5.3 miles from SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. A ten-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Distant, which covers schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Federal data show 337 students in 2020-21 and 329 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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Seneca County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
32,920
Census ACS
Median income
$68,089
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
3,612 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in SOUTH SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SOUTH SENECA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 286 students
Nearby schools
- ROMULUS CENTRAL SCHOOL5.3 mi · 427
- SOUTH SENECA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.9 mi · 286
- SOUTHERN CAYUGA 7-12 SECONDARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 289
- SOUTHERN CAYUGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 348
- PENN YAN MIDDLE SCHOOL12.1 mi · 288
- PENN YAN ACADEMY12.2 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow large is SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 329 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 8.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 93% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
SOUTH SENECA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOUTH SENECA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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