WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of tight-knit scale in WEEDSPORT, New York, one of the schools within WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, serveing 374 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

WEEDSPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 698 students. WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cayuga County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Cayuga County's rate of about 50%.

With demographic context factored in, WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cayuga County) logs that median household earnings sit near $67,904, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cayuga County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,576 students), WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

WEEDSPORT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. WEEDSPORT JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 374). Class-load math has tightened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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