TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL

TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL, a reasonably sized high school in ORANGEBURG, New York, overseen by SOUTH ORANGETOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 911 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 36% above typical.

Within SOUTH ORANGETOWN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 2,747 students, TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest reads as 24% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Rockland County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of New York schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 66.5%; actual is 89.2%, +22.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Rockland County shows median household income runs about $109,959, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL is one of 66 public schools in Rockland County (combined enrollment of about 41,335 students).

The closest other public school is ROCKLAND CHILDREN'S PSYCHIATRIC CENTER, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 63.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. TAPPAN ZEE HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 15% since 2018, when it stood at 1,077 (now 911). The White share of enrollment shrank from 73% to 60% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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