WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL

WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of heavily attended scale in WARWICK, New York, run under WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 1,314 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 97% bigger than the state mean of about 668.

WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by WARWICK VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 3,630 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

On the resource side, On paper, WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL has 100 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Roughly 21% of students at WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Orange County's rate of about 44%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.8%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Orange County put median household earnings sit near $97,178, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Orange County's 82 public schools (combined enrollment of about 57,122 students), WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WARWICK VALLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 62.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. WARWICK VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 1,294 (now 1,314). White enrollment moved from 79% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.