SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL

SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL is one of the rural-scale high schools in SPENCER, New York, run under SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 234 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 65% below the state mean of about 668.

Within SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 803 students, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (95%) are White. Compared to Tioga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Tioga County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.5%; SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL posts 72.8%, +20.3 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Tioga County put median household earnings sit near $72,739, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Tioga County (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students).

Nearest neighbor: SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL has declined 21%, going from 298 students in 2018 to 234 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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