STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of small scale in PINE PLAINS, New York, one of the schools within PINE PLAINS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 426 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 36% smaller than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by PINE PLAINS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 780 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 75% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 11% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Dutchess County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,478 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 76 public schools in Dutchess County (combined enrollment of about 36,885 students).

Nearest neighbor: SEYMOUR SMITH INTERMEDIATE LEARNING CENTER, around 0.8 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 47.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STISSING MOUNTAIN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has shrank 15%, going from 501 students in 2018 to 426 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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