Enrollment
311
High
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 668
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
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
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
Based on grade levels within WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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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.
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
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
311
-36 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.9:1
was 13.3:1
% White
96%
was 95%
% Hispanic
1%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a small four-year high school in NEWPORT, New York, overseen by WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 311 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits 53% smaller than that benchmark.
WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 676 students. WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.
Looking at the economic backdrop, WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 54.4%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Herkimer County put median household earnings sit near $68,515, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 25 public schools in Herkimer County (combined enrollment of about 9,619 students).
WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 49.5%.
WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 347 (now 311). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 today.
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Herkimer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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Related schools
Other schools in WEST CANADA VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 365 students
Other schools in NEWPORT
- WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 365 students
Nearby schools
- WEST CANADA VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 365
- POLAND JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.4 mi · 251
- POLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.4 mi · 256
- HERKIMER-FULTON-HAMILTON-OTSEGO BOCES8.8 mi · 284
- HERKIMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 533
- HERKIMER HIGH SCHOOL9.6 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About WEST CANADA VALLEY JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow 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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