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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
1,314
High
DISTRICT 908 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 362997004034
WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
89 SANFORDVILLE RD, WARWICK, NY 10990 · (845) 987-3000 · Orange County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,314 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
100 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
272 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 316 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 320 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 344 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 326 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
95.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 95.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 84.0% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,314 | 20.7% | 74.8% |
| MAHOPAC HIGH SCHOOL MAHOPAC | 1,255 | 23.4% | 78.3% |
| WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 1,163 | 20.2% | 79.3% |
| NORTHPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NORTHPORT | 1,476 | 16.7% | 87.8% |
| SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL ROCKVILLE CENTRE | 959 | 20.6% | 77.2% |
| JOHN JAY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOPEWELL JUNCTION | 1,768 | 23.2% | 71.3% |
Matched among New York high 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 WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #260 of 1,135 | #4 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #190 of 1,109 ▼ 23 | #1 of 14 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 95.0% | #87 of 1,135 ▲ 17 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,314 | #141 of 1,216 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #850 of 1,058 | #10 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.1% | #539 of 1,070 | #14 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.7% | #1,087 of 1,167 | #14 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.5% | #305 of 339 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,314
-36 (-3%) vs 2020
+75% since 1990-91, when it was 753
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,314 | 99.7 | 13.2:1 | 21% (272) |
| 2023-24 | 1,345 | 100.8 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 1,366 | 99.7 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,350 | 94 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,294 | 90.6 | 14.3:1 | 16% (212) |
| 2015-16 | 1,381 | 87 | 15.9:1 | 13% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 1,523 | 92 | 16.6:1 | 10% (156) |
| 2000-01 | 1,196 | 72 | 16.6:1 | 8% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 753 | 49 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL.
About WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school located in WARWICK, New York, in Orange County. Enrollment is 1,314 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 97% above average.
WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 4 schools and 3,630 students, and WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students are the majority at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, with 69% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's diversity index is 48%, meaning two students picked at random have a 48% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 99.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.2:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is 21%. That rate is below the 44% average among public schools in Orange County.
The allk12 Grade for WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is B+. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 70% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.4% at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Orange County, the median household income is $97,178, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 33% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Orange County is home to 82 public schools and about 57,122 public school students.
WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 62.7% on proficiency, and WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is above that at 74.8%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment declined 3%, to 1,314. By 2024-25, the school had 13.2 students per teacher, compared with 14.4 in 2020-21.
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Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
406,616
Census ACS
Median income
$97,178
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
82
57,122 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,069 students
- SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 791 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 456 students
Other schools in WARWICK
- WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,069 students
- SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 791 students
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 456 students
Nearby schools
- WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,069
- SANFORDVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 791
- PARK AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 456
- Upper Greenwood Lake Elementary School4.7 mi · 250
- GREENWOOD LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 191
- Vernon Township High School5.3 mi · 906
Frequently asked questions
About WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,314 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.2:1 (100 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL?
At WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 69% White, 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.