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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363060004109

WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

5447 STATE RT 28, NEWPORT, NY 13416 · (315) 845-6800 · Herkimer County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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

Enrollment
311
High
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 668
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
134 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 75116%
Grade 84916%
Grade 95217%
Grade 104514%
Grade 115417%
Grade 125718%
Ungraded31%
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 6% · STATE 72% · US 70%
White
30096%
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 39% · US 43%
Hispanic
41%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 31% · US 30%
Asian
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 10% · US 6%
Two+
52%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
14848%
Female
16252%

School pathway

Feeds from
WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPK–06
Based on grade levels within WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)
English Language Arts
51.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -12.5pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.4pp since 2023

What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.

NYS Assessments results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2551.0%50.9%
2023-2463.6%60.4%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.8pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% 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 WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school31143.1%54.4%
MORRISVILLE MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL
MORRISVILLE
30642.2%54.9%
WATERVILLE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL
WATERVILLE
34942.7%57.9%
MADRID-WADDINGTON JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MADRID
30941.1%56.9%
TICONDEROGA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
TICONDEROGA
32544.3%44.6%
FRANKLINVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
FRANKLINVILLE
31842.8%65.7%
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 WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks

Among high schools
MeasureThis schoolIn New YorkIn Herkimer County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
54.4%#657 of 1,135#6 of 8
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
50.9%#586 of 1,109
▼ 85
#5 of 8
▲ 3
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
51.0%#938 of 1,135
▼ 175
#6 of 8
no change
Enrollment
ranked largest first
311#908 of 1,216#5 of 8
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
8.9:1#139 of 1,058#1 of 8
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
6.3%#1,045 of 1,070#7 of 8
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
43.1%#799 of 1,167#4 of 8
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-10.4%#419 of 743N/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 2024-25
Enrollment
311
-5 (-2%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 469
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 10.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2531134.88.9:143% (134)
2023-2429632.59.1:144% (130)
2022-2329331.39.4:151% (149)
2020-213162910.9:143% (137)
2017-183472613.3:145% (157)
2015-163252214.8:145% (146)
2010-113803311.5:132% (123)
2000-014583214.3:124% (111)
1990-914693413.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

About WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a small high school in NEWPORT, New York. The school covers grades 7 through 12 and reported 311 students in 2024-25. The school is 53% below the average for high schools in New York.

WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 676 students in its 2 schools, and WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.

Roughly 96% of students at WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 6%.

On staff are 34.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 8.9:1. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 43%. The figure for public schools in Herkimer County is close, at 44%.

WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 32% of New York public high schools.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.1% at WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.4%.

The school is in Herkimer County, where median household income comes to about $68,515, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Herkimer County's 25 public schools enroll about 9,619 students and include WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.

The closest school to WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within ten miles of WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Its average proficiency rate of 54.4% is above the 49.5% average for nearby schools.

Locale: Rural: Distant. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

Federal data show 316 students in 2020-21 and 311 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 10.9:1 in 2020-21 to 8.9:1 in 2024-25.

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Herkimer County at a glance

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Population
59,757
Census ACS
Median income
$68,515
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
9,619 students

Quick facts

School name
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
District
WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
Address
5447 STATE RT 28, NEWPORT, NY 13416
Phone
(315) 845-6800
County
Herkimer County
Level
High
Grade range
07–12
Total enrollment
311
Teachers (FTE)
35
Student–teacher ratio
8.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
134 (43%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
363060004109
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
How large is WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 311 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.9:1.
What is the student diversity at WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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