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TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
As a compact secondary school in TUPPER LAKE, New York, TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL instructs 394 students from grades 6 through 12, part of TUPPER LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 2 schools in TUPPER LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (730 students total), TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (94%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.9%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Franklin County) records that median household earnings sit near $65,151, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Franklin County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,724 students), TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: L P QUINN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.3%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TUPPER LAKE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL has increased 23%, going from 321 students in 2018 to 394 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.
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