TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY

TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY is a middle school of mid-sized scale in WHITNEY POINT, New York, operated by WHITNEY POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructing 528 students in grades 4 through 8.

Within WHITNEY POINT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 3 schools and 1,374 students, TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY lists that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 3% multiracial. By comparison, Broome County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY reports 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 10.3:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Broome County) shows that median household income runs about $62,616, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Broome County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,594 students), of which TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: WHITNEY POINT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TIOUGHNIOGA RIVERSIDE ACADEMY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 514 students in 2018 compared to 528 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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