1
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
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 124 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 134 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 121 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 481 | 50.1% | 71.0% |
| PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL PULASKI | 507 | 50.1% | 52.5% |
| GRANVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRANVILLE | 473 | 49.0% | 54.1% |
| JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX | 471 | 49.3% | 64.2% |
| SCHOHARIE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOHARIE | 459 | 48.1% | 44.7% |
| NORWICH HIGH SCHOOL NORWICH | 516 | 49.4% | 60.3% |
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 WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Tioga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #330 of 1,135 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #203 of 1,109 ▲ 307 | #3 of 6 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #500 of 1,135 ▲ 20 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 481 | #571 of 1,216 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #783 of 1,058 | #6 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.0% | #1,011 of 1,070 | #3 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.1% | #690 of 1,167 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.7% | #301 of 339 | N/A |
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
481
+51 (+12%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 879
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 481 | 38.2 | 12.6:1 | 50% (241) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 41.1 | 11.6:1 | 41% (195) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 36.8 | 12.0:1 | 46% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 35% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 473 | 31.5 | 15.0:1 | 46% (217) |
| 2015-16 | 496 | 32 | 15.5:1 | 40% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 33% (170) |
| 2000-01 | 838 | 62 | 13.5:1 | 26% (216) |
| 1990-91 | 879 | 62 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL.
About WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in WAVERLY, New York, under WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Grades offered run from 9 through 12, with 481 students enrolled. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 28% smaller than that.
The 4 schools of WAVERLY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, including WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL, enroll 1,605 students.
The student body at WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is 95% White. Enrollment also includes 3% multiracial. The county population is about 94% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 10%, meaning two students picked at random have a 10% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school reports 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 12.6 students per teacher. That is 1.6 students per teacher above the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 50% of students. That tracks the 53% average for public schools in Tioga County.
Measured against New York public high schools, WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 71.0% is 14.4 points above the 56.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Tioga County has these Census figures: the median household income is $72,739, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. In all, Tioga County has 21 public schools and roughly 7,112 students.
Of nearby public schools, WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOL is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 44.7% nearby average, ranking 1st of 6.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school enrolled 481 students in 2024-25, 51 more than the 430 it had in 2020-21.
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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
Other Waverly High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Waverly High. WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOLWAVERLY, NE · 679 students
- Waverly High SchoolWaverly, OH · 435 students
- Waverly HighWaverly, KS · 105 students
Nearby schools
- WAVERLY MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 486
- ELM STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 426
- LINCOLN STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 212
- Snyder Elementary School1.7 mi · 428
- Sayre Area High School2.3 mi · 396
- Athens Area High School3.1 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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