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What's something TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
471
High
DISTRICT 487 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362862003886
TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
73 COUNTY RTE 11A, CRARYVILLE, NY 12521 · (518) 325-2841 · Columbia County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
262 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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
Based on grade levels within TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
60.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
40.8%
NY avg 57.4% . -7.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
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
47.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
471
-169 (-26%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.8:1
was 10.6:1
% White
75%
was 84%
% Hispanic
15%
was 10%
% Black
3%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the small secondary schools in CRARYVILLE, New York, operated by TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 471 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 29% below that benchmark.
TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 974 students; TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest reads as 15% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.5%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -7.1 points.
Around the school, census data for Columbia County shows the typical household earns roughly $81,528 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 17 public schools in Columbia County (combined enrollment of about 6,006 students).
TACONIC HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 40.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has edged down 26%, going from 640 students in 2018 to 471 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.
Inside the community feed, the feed for TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
61,100
Census ACS
Median income
$81,528
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
6,006 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TACONIC HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
Other schools in CRARYVILLE
- TACONIC HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 503 students
Nearby schools
- TACONIC HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 503
- BROOKWOOD SECURE CENTER FOR YOUTH8.4 mi · 61
- South Egremont9.5 mi · 11
- HUDSON HIGH SCHOOL10.8 mi · 493
- HUDSON JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL10.8 mi · 340
- MONTGOMERY C SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.9 mi · 689
Frequently asked questions
About TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 471 students in grades 07-12.
Is TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.8:1.
What is the student diversity at TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 75% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
TACONIC HILLSJUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of TACONIC HILLS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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