Enrollment
325
High
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEHALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363129004190
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
87 BUCKLEY RD, WHITEHALL, NY 12887 · (518) 499-1770 · Washington County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL325 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
173 students
DISTRICT 58% · 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 60 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 6 | 2% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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 WHITEHALL 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
54.7%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.1pp since 2023
Math
34.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 54.7% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 59.8% | 34.6% |
% 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
49.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (49.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 325 | 53.2% | 49.3% |
| BRUSHTON-MOIRA HIGH SCHOOL BRUSHTON | 334 | 54.5% | 43.9% |
| BOLIVAR-RICHBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BOLIVAR | 336 | 55.1% | 49.8% |
| MORIAH JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL PORT HENRY | 292 | 53.8% | 35.5% |
| JAMES A GREEN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DOLGEVILLE | 369 | 53.4% | 47.5% |
| NORWOOD-NORFOLK SCHOOL NORWOOD | 290 | 53.1% | 71.3% |
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 WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Washington County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.3% | #746 of 1,135 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #813 of 1,109 ▲ 16 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #880 of 1,135 ▼ 50 | #7 of 9 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 325 | #886 of 1,216 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.6:1 | #37 of 1,058 | #1 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.4% | #1,030 of 1,070 | #8 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.2% | #661 of 1,167 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #427 of 743 | #5 of 7 |
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
325
+12 (+4%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 394
Student : Teacher
7.6:1
was 8.2:1
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 | 325 | 42.8 | 7.6:1 | 53% (173) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 40.8 | 8.1:1 | 48% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 320 | 41.9 | 7.6:1 | 54% (174) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 38 | 8.2:1 | 51% (161) |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 39 | 9.3:1 | 57% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 388 | 36 | 10.8:1 | 56% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 374 | 35 | 10.7:1 | 44% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 25% (105) |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 36 | 10.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public low-enrollment high school in WHITEHALL, New York. Enrolled students number 325 students, in grades 7 through 12. Enrollment is 51% lower than the average for high schools in New York, which is about 668.
Across its 2 schools, WHITEHALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 657 students. WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Most students at WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White: 96% of enrollment. By the diversity index, WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 8%.
The teaching staff at WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 42.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 7.6:1. That ratio is under the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%.
Measured against New York public high schools, WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is -6.1 points: 49.3% actual, 55.4% predicted.
Within Washington County, median household income is about $73,495, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Washington County number 26 and enroll about 7,873.
The nearest other public school, WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 7.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 313 to 325.
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Washington County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,522
Census ACS
Median income
$73,495
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
7,873 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITEHALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
Nearby schools
- WHITEHALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 332
- Fair Haven Grade School6.3 mi · 248
- Fair Haven Union Middle and High School6.4 mi · 499
- Poultney Elementary School7.2 mi · 267
- Poultney High School7.7 mi · 208
- Castleton Elementary School9.4 mi · 216
Frequently asked questions
About WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 325 students in grades 07-12.
Is WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 7.6:1 (43 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WHITEHALL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WHITEHALL CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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