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Enrollment
437
High
DISTRICT 384 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINDSOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360273004430
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
1191 NY RT 79, WINDSOR, NY 13865 · (607) 655-8250 · Broome County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 74% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
10.0:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
207 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 58%
Community
1
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 9 | 103 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 112 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 112 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 2% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Based on grade levels within WINDSOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
85.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -10.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 10 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 95.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
72.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (72.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 437 | 47.4% | 72.3% |
| SCHOHARIE HIGH SCHOOL SCHOHARIE | 459 | 48.1% | 44.7% |
| ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL PARISH | 410 | 48.5% | 37.8% |
| SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CONKLIN | 420 | 46.0% | 84.2% |
| GROTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GROTON | 396 | 47.0% | 60.3% |
| GRANVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL GRANVILLE | 473 | 49.0% | 54.1% |
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 WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Broome County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.3% | #301 of 1,135 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #367 of 1,109 ▼ 91 | #6 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #318 of 1,135 ▼ 209 | #4 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #638 of 1,216 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #312 of 1,058 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.7% | #953 of 1,070 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.4% | #722 of 1,167 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #378 of 743 | #4 of 10 |
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
437
-59 (-12%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 852
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 437 | 43.7 | 10.0:1 | 47% (207) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 42.8 | 11.1:1 | 49% (233) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 39.9 | 12.6:1 | 37% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 44 | 11.3:1 | 45% (222) |
| 2017-18 | 495 | 43 | 11.5:1 | 47% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 44% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 612 | 46 | 13.3:1 | 32% (197) |
| 2000-01 | 636 | 46 | 13.8:1 | 18% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 852 | 62 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of the public schools in WINDSOR, New York. It is a low-enrollment high school. Federal data show 437 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 35% below average.
The district, WINDSOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, has 1,536 students enrolled across 4 schools.
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 92% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. In Broome County overall, about 80% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL scores 14%.
Based on 43.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 10.0:1. The gap from the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is 1.0 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 47%.
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 74% of New York public high schools.
In New York, WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 72.3% actual against a predicted 57.6%.
In the wider Broome County area, the median household earns about $62,616 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Broome County, 52 public schools serve about 24,594 students.
Of the public schools around it, WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is closest to A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.2 miles away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 1st of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Under the NCES locale system, WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Distant.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 496 (2020-21) to 437 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.0:1.
This page is set up for the WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Broome County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,378
Census ACS
Median income
$62,616
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
24,594 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WINDSOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- FLOYD BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 280 students
- C R WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
Other schools in WINDSOR
- A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- C R WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 277 students
Nearby schools
- A F PALMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL / WINDSOR CENTRAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 542
- C R WEEKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.1 mi · 277
- W A OLMSTED ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.0 mi · 323
- HARPURSVILLE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL8.1 mi · 253
- FLOYD BELL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.4 mi · 280
- Susquehanna Community Elementary School8.4 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 437 students in grades 09-12.
Is WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL have?
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
At WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 92% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
WINDSOR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by WINDSOR CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.