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Enrollment
419
High
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363024004062
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
301 12TH ST, WATKINS GLEN, NY 14891 · (607) 535-3210 · Schuyler County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL419 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
177 students
DISTRICT 43% · 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 7 | 71 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 10 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 11 | 88 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 65 | 16% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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 WATKINS GLEN 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
62.9%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.3pp since 2023
Math
55.9%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 55.9% |
| 2023-24 | 57.6% | 55.5% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 419 | 42.2% | 55.3% |
| MORAVIA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MORAVIA | 442 | 42.1% | 61.8% |
| CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CATO | 383 | 42.6% | 54.7% |
| PORTVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORTVILLE | 445 | 42.9% | 68.5% |
| BYRON-BERGEN JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BERGEN | 444 | 42.6% | 54.3% |
| RANDOLPH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RANDOLPH | 388 | 42.3% | 72.0% |
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 WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #636 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #495 of 1,109 ▲ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #731 of 1,135 ▲ 135 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 419 | #669 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #502 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.4% | #930 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.2% | #818 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.0% | #195 of 743 |
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
419
-50 (-11%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 419 | 38.4 | 10.9:1 | 42% (177) |
| 2023-24 | 414 | 38.4 | 10.8:1 | 41% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 432 | 41.4 | 10.4:1 | 41% (179) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 44 | 10.7:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 45.5 | 11.4:1 | 43% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 41% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 401 | 39 | 10.3:1 | 22% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 475 | 35 | 13.6:1 | 10% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 37 | 10.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in WATKINS GLEN, New York, (ZIP code 14891). The school's enrollment of 419 students covers grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools in WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which enrolls 879 students in total.
About 92% of the student body at WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is White. Other reported shares: 3% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. The White share in Schuyler County as a whole is similar, at about 93%. The school's diversity index is 15%, meaning two students picked at random have a 15% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reported 38.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 10.9:1. That is close to the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Eligible students account for 42% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That tracks the 45% average for public schools in Schuyler County.
allk12 grades WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL would score about 59.5%. It scores 55.3%, 4.2 points below that figure.
Census estimates describe Schuyler County this way: the median household income is $67,663, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. In all, Schuyler County has 6 public schools and roughly 1,801 students.
The next-closest public school is WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Among its closest neighbors with test data, WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Distant: the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL dropped 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 469 to 419 students.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Schuyler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
17,562
Census ACS
Median income
$67,663
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,801 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
Other schools in WATKINS GLEN
- WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 460 students
Nearby schools
- WATKINS GLEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 460
- B C CATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 183
- HOWARD A HANLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 206
- ODESSA-MONTOUR JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.6 mi · 284
- BRADFORD CENTRAL SCHOOL11.8 mi · 249
- DUNDEE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL11.9 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 419 students in grades 07-12.
Is WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many teachers does WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL have?
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
What is the student diversity at WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL in?
WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is part of WATKINS GLEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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