Enrollment
234
High
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362775003759
SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL
16 DARTTS CROSSROAD, SPENCER, NY 14883 · (607) 589-7140 · Tioga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL234 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
143 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
77.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
72.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 20 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
234
-64 (-21%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 12.9:1
% White
95%
was 97%
% Hispanic
1%
was 0%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,864
Census ACS
Median income
$72,739
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,112 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- SPENCER-VAN ETTEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 333 students
- SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 236 students
Nearby schools
- SPENCER-VAN ETTEN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 236
- SPENCER-VAN ETTEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 333
- CANDOR JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.6 mi · 306
- CANDOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.6 mi · 401
- NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.3 mi · 178
- NEWFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL11.3 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL?
SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 234 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL serve?
SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.5:1 students per teacher at SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL?
SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL in?
SPENCER-VAN ETTEN HIGH SCHOOL is part of SPENCER-VAN ETTEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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