WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL

WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL operates as a low-enrollment senior high in WATKINS GLEN, New York, operated by WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 419 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 668.

WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 879 students. WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports that nearly all students (92%) are White; the rest consists of 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to Schuyler County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 55.3%, a residual of -4.2 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Schuyler County shows the typical household earns roughly $67,663 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Schuyler County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,801 students), of which WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.9%.

WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 19%, going from 517 students in 2018 to 419 in 2025.

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