Enrollment
271
Combined
DISTRICT 268 · STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362982004006
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
47-49 STOCKTON AVE, WALTON, NY 13856 · (607) 865-4116 · Delaware County
GRADES 02–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL271 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of New York public K-12 schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
12.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
144 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 4 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 62 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 83 | 31% |
| Grade 12 | 55 | 20% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 3% |
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
80.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
42.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
63.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 →
Schools most like WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (63.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WALTON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 271 | 53.1% | 63.2% |
| SHARON SPRINGS CENTRAL SCHOOL SHARON SPRINGS | 264 | 52.7% | 47.1% |
| SCIO CENTRAL SCHOOL SCIO | 267 | 52.8% | 57.4% |
| BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL BRADFORD | 249 | 51.4% | 59.3% |
| BELFAST SCHOOL BELFAST | 318 | 51.9% | 62.4% |
| LAURENS CENTRAL SCHOOL LAURENS | 287 | 54.7% | 47.1% |
Matched among New York K-12 schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where WALTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Delaware County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #18 of 101 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #87 of 101 ▼ 14 | #6 of 8 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #12 of 101 ▼ 4 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 271 | #124 of 192 | #4 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #132 of 146 | #8 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.6% | #129 of 152 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.1% | #69 of 136 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public K-12 schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
271
+11 (+4%) vs 2020
-36% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 271 | 22.3 | 12.1:1 | 53% (144) |
| 2023-24 | 268 | 21.7 | 12.4:1 | 55% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 283 | 22.2 | 12.7:1 | 51% (143) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 21 | 12.4:1 | 38% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 19 | 14.3:1 | 47% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 283 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 55% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | 53% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 25% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 24 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WALTON HIGH SCHOOL.
About WALTON HIGH SCHOOL
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL serves students in WALTON, New York, as a low-enrollment combined-grade school. A total of 271 students attend the school, which covers grades 2 through 12. Against the 544-student average for combined schools in New York, enrollment here is 50% lower.
Enrollment across the 3 schools in WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 805 students.
At WALTON HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 94% of the student body. The school is also 4% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 11%.
The school employs the equivalent of 22.3 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.1:1. The average ratio among combined schools in New York is 8.7:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is 53%.
Measured against New York public K-12 schools, WALTON HIGH SCHOOL receives an A-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 55.5%. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL scores 63.2%.
Across Delaware County, median household income is about $63,337, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 28%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is among the 21 public schools in Delaware County.
Of nearby public schools, WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 52.9% proficiency; WALTON HIGH SCHOOL posts 63.2%.
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Remote in federal locale data.
The number of students grew from 260 to 271 over 4 years.
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Delaware County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
44,487
Census ACS
Median income
$63,337
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,307 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 186 students
Other schools in WALTON
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 348 students
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 186 students
Other Walton High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Walton High. WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Walton High SchoolMarietta, GA · 2,705 students
- WALTON HIGH SCHOOLDEFUNIAK SPRINGS, FL · 969 students
Nearby schools
- WALTON MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 186
- TOWNSEND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 348
- DOWNSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL8.6 mi · 219
- FRANKLIN CENTRAL SCHOOL12.5 mi · 209
- DELAWARE ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL13.3 mi · 325
- DELAWARE ACADEMY HIGH SCHOOL13.3 mi · 399
Frequently asked questions
About WALTON HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 271 students in grades 02-12.
Is WALTON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades 02-12.
How many teachers does WALTON HIGH SCHOOL have?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL employs 22 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WALTON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 94% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees WALTON HIGH SCHOOL?
WALTON HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by WALTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Delaware County.
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