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Enrollment
481
High
DISTRICT 401 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363027004069
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL
1 FREDERICK ST, WAVERLY, NY 14892 · (607) 565-8101 · Tioga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL481 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
241 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 WAVERLY 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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
481
+8 (+2%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 15.0:1
% White
95%
was 97%
% Hispanic
1%
was 1%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is a close-knit 9-12 campus in WAVERLY, New York, part of WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school hosts 481 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 668.
Within WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,605 students, WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. Compared to Tioga County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 71.0%, a residual of +14.4 points.
In the broader community, Tioga County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,739 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is one of 21 public schools in Tioga County (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students).
The closest other public school is WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 481). Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.
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Tioga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,864
Census ACS
Median income
$72,739
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,112 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 486 students
- ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- LINCOLN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 212 students
Other schools in WAVERLY
- WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 486 students
- ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 426 students
- LINCOLN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 212 students
Nearby schools
- WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 486
- ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 426
- LINCOLN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 212
- Snyder El Sch1.7 mi · 428
- Sayre Area HS2.3 mi · 396
- Athens Area HS3.1 mi · 599
Frequently asked questions
About WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL?
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 481 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL?
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL in?
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is part of WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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