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Enrollment
997
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 360108406447
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
160 SCHOOL LN, FRANKFORT, NY 13340 · (315) 266-1072 · Herkimer County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED41-RURALCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL997 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New York public K-12 schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
53 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
807 students
STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 78 | 8% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 7% |
| Grade 9 | 94 | 9% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 7% |
| Grade 11 | 52 | 5% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 14% larger than its 8th grade class (74).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
48.1%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.1pp since 2023
Math
45.3%
NY avg 57.4% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 up about 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 45.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 36.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 →
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
997
+256 (+35%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 997 | 53 | 18.8:1 | 81% (807) |
| 2023-24 | 954 | 49 | 19.5:1 | 83% (791) |
| 2022-23 | 880 | 47.8 | 18.4:1 | 83% (729) |
| 2020-21 | 741 | 47 | 15.8:1 | 81% (598) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 37 | 12.1:1 | 79% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 338 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
About UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL serves students in FRANKFORT, New York, as a large combined-grade school. A federal count lists 997 students at the school, in kindergarten through 12. An average school in this group (combined schools in New York) has about 544 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and Black students are the largest at 26%. The remaining students are 24% Hispanic, 23% White, 22% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Herkimer County, the Black share is about 1%. UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 53 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 18.8:1. Among combined schools in New York, the typical ratio is 8.7:1. The school's lunch program data list 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Herkimer County is 44%.
allk12 grades UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public K-12 schools, because each state gives its own test.
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.0% and a predicted 45.2%.
Across Herkimer County, median household income is about $68,515, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is among the 25 public schools in Herkimer County.
The closest other public school is ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 2.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL's average proficiency of 41.0% compares with 39.6% for its nearest scored neighbors.
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
The student count in 2024-25 was 997, 35% above the 741 of 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 15.8:1 to 18.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Herkimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
59,757
Census ACS
Median income
$68,515
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
9,619 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRANKFORT
- FRANKFORT-SCHUYLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 379 students
- FRANKFORT-SCHUYLER CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 288 students
- FRANKFORT-SCHUYLER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 183 students
Nearby schools
- ALBANY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 478
- THOMAS R PROCTOR HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,820
- GENERAL HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 634
- CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 618
- ROSCOE CONKLING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 503
- JOHN F KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 687
Frequently asked questions
About UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOLHow many students attend UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL enrolls approximately 997 students in grades KG-12.
What grades does UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL serve?
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL serves grades KG-12.
How many teachers does UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL have?
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL employs 53 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.8:1.
What is the student diversity at UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL?
Student demographics at UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL are roughly 23% White, 24% Hispanic, 26% Black, 22% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL in?
UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL is part of UTICA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL.
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