WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in WATERVLIET, New York, WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized senior high, overseen by WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT. It teaches 785 students across grades 6 through 12.

WATERVLIET CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,455 students. WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White at 37%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 23% Black, 17% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 9% Asian. By comparison, Albany County as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Albany County's rate of about 45%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 30.9%, a residual of -18.6 points.

Across the wider county, Albany County reports that median household income runs about $85,333, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Albany County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,946 students), of which WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

WATERVLIET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 36% since 2018, when it stood at 578 (now 785). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 51% to 37% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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