Enrollment
112
Combined
STATE 544
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 363135004575
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
692 MAIN ST, WHITESVILLE, NY 14897 · (607) 356-3301 · Allegany County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL112 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 14% of New York public K-12 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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 8.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
60 students
STATE 58%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 13 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 14 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 11 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 8 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 9 | 9 | 8% |
| Grade 12 | 6 | 5% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
39.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +8.8pp since 2023
Math
48.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +20.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.2% | 28.0% |
% 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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% 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 WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL this school | 112 | 53.6% | 39.7% |
| JEFFERSON CENTRAL SCHOOL JEFFERSON | 148 | 55.4% | 40.4% |
| OWEN D YOUNG CENTRAL SCHOOL VAN HORNESVILLE | 159 | 51.6% | 40.8% |
| SAINT REGIS FALLS CENTRAL SCHOOL ST REGIS FALLS | 183 | 53.0% | 30.8% |
| BROOKFIELD CENTRAL SCHOOL BROOKFIELD | 189 | 52.9% | 41.2% |
| CANASERAGA SCHOOL CANASERAGA | 203 | 54.2% | 68.7% |
Matched among New York K-12 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 WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Allegany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #87 of 101 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #70 of 101 ▲ 25 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #90 of 101 ▲ 5 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 112 | #172 of 192 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #68 of 136 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.8% | #4 of 95 | #1 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
112
-55 (-33%) vs 2020
-66% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
5.3:1
was 8.8:1
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 | 112 | 21.3 | 5.3:1 | 54% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 129 | 21 | 6.1:1 | 50% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 145 | 24 | 6.0:1 | 44% (64) |
| 2020-21 | 167 | 19 | 8.8:1 | 52% (87) |
| 2017-18 | 203 | 23.7 | 8.6:1 | 55% (112) |
| 2015-16 | 250 | 24 | 10.4:1 | 55% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 26 | 11.5:1 | 33% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 45% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 25 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL.
About WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a very small school serving multiple grade levels with an address in WHITESVILLE, New York. Enrollment totals 112 students across kindergarten through 12. Across combined schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 544.
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL.
Roughly 91% of students at WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL are White. Other groups include 8% Hispanic. Allegany County residents are about 93% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 16%.
A staff of 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 5.3:1. Compared with the 8.7:1 average for combined schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 14% of New York public K-12 schools.
The model predicts 55.3% for a school in New York with WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL posts 39.7%.
In the wider Allegany County area, median household income comes to about $62,869, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Allegany County counts 21 public schools with about 5,589 students.
The closest school to WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is Northern Potter Childrens School, located about 8.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within ten miles is 5. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 33% decline, from 167 to 112. The ratio of students to teachers went from 8.8:1 to 5.3:1 over the same years.
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Allegany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,159
Census ACS
Median income
$62,869
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
5,589 students
Quick facts
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Nearby schools
- Northern Potter Childrens School8.2 mi · 293
- Northern Potter JSHS8.2 mi · 219
- ANDOVER SCHOOL8.4 mi · 239
- JASPER-TROUPSBURG JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.3 mi · 151
- WELLSVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.4 mi · 517
- WELLSVILLE SECONDARY SCHOOL10.3 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOLHow large is WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL enrolls approximately 112 students in grades KG-12.
Is WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades KG-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is approximately 5.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL are roughly 91% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Asian.
Who oversees WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL?
WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL is overseen by WHITESVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Allegany County.
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