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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2023)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 1242)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
361311001075	301	Hadley-Luzerne Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	273 Lake Ave	Lake Luzerne	12846	Warren County	Hadley-Luzerne Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 696-2112	304	38	7.9	53.9%	282 (92.8%)	3 (1.0%)	10 (3.3%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$19,280			$922			$18,359	72.3	71.8	299	2
361110000884	302	Fishers Island School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	78 Greenwood Rd #600	Fishers Island	06390	Suffolk County	Fishers Island Union Free School District	No	No	No	No	(631) 788-7444	57	6	9.5		44 (77.2%)	2 (3.5%)	5 (8.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (10.5%)	$46,446			$505			$45,941	72.2	69.5	345	43
363159004225	303	Windham Ashland Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	5411 State Rt 23	Windham	12496	Greene County	Windham-Ashland-Jewett Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(518) 734-3400	295	36	8	46.4%	242 (82.0%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.8%)	8 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.8%)	$24,633			$1,681			$22,952	72.1	72.9	269	34
361347001105	304	Hammondsport Junior-Senior High School	Public	7-12	8272 Main St	Hammondsport	14840	Steuben County	Hammondsport Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 569-5200	169	24	6.9	42.0%	152 (89.9%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (7.1%)	$23,778			$1,379			$22,399	72.1	74.2	248	56
362511003473	305	Roxbury Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	53729 Nys Rt 30	Roxbury	12474	Delaware County	Roxbury Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 326-4151	231	33	7	39.0%	212 (91.8%)	3 (1.3%)	6 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.3%)	$24,879			$1,486			$23,392	72.1	67.2	391	86
361935001769	306	Milford Central School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	42 W Main St	Milford	13807	Otsego County	Milford Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 286-3349	348	42	8.2	46.3%	333 (95.7%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	$19,132			$2,639			$16,493	72.1	75.8	218	88
360756000540	307	Cincinnatus High School	Public	9-12	2809 Cincinnatus Rd	Cincinnatus	13040	Cortland County	Cincinnatus Central School District	No	No	No	Yes	(607) 863-3022	176	21	8.3	56.3%	172 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$23,053			$2,125			$20,928	72.1	60.8	493	186
362880003908	308	Town Of Webb School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	3002 Main St	Old Forge	13420	Herkimer County	Town Of Webb Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(315) 369-3222	245	29	8.4	38.0%	234 (95.5%)	3 (1.2%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.8%)	$21,018			$607			$20,411	72	72.1	289	19
362940004537	309	Valhalla High School	Public	9-12	300 Columbus Ave	Valhalla	10595	Westchester County	Valhalla Union Free School District	No	No	No	Yes	(914) 683-5014	429	43	9.9	24.7%	219 (51.0%)	38 (8.9%)	130 (30.3%)	21 (4.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	19 (4.4%)	$20,015			$23			$19,992	72	78	158	151
362121002997	310	Cicero-North Syracuse High School	Public	10-12	6002 Rt 31	Cicero	13039	Onondaga County	North Syracuse Central School District	No	No	No	No	(315) 218-4002	1,764	149	11.8	38.3%	1,373 (77.8%)	84 (4.8%)	88 (5.0%)	85 (4.8%)	9 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	122 (6.9%)	$15,010			$986			$14,024	72	74.2	247	63

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on Regents Common Core Algebra I, Regents Chemistry, Regents Common Core Algebra II, Regents Common Core English Language Arts, Regents Common Core Geometry, Regents Earth Science, Regents Global History and Geography, Regents Living Environment, Regents Physics, Regents U.S. History and Government, Regents Algebra I test scores released by the NY State Education Department.
These rankings were last updated on November 14, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the NY State Education Department, usually on a yearly basis.
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State-Administered Standardized Tests: A Comprehensive Guide

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the WNYC and the New York State Department of Health and the NY State Education Department.