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TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL
TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL, a small senior high in GRAHAMSVILLE, New York, run under TRI-VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serves 408 students, covering grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL sits 39% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 2 schools in TRI-VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (879 students total), TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Sullivan County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL lists 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Sullivan County's rate of about 61%.
With demographic context factored in, TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 56.9%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Sullivan County put the typical household earns roughly $72,382 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sullivan County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,164 students), TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
TRI-VALLEY 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. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.2%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TRI-VALLEY SECONDARY SCHOOL has decreased 15%, going from 480 students in 2018 to 408 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 91% to 71%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 in 2025.
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