Is Galway Junior/Senior High School a good school?

Galway Junior/Senior High School ranks 416 th of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Galway Junior/Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 408 students attended Galway Junior/Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Galway Junior/Senior High School?

Students at Galway Junior/Senior High School are 99% White.

What schools feed into Galway Junior/Senior High School?

Galway Junior/Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Joseph Henry Elementary School

Galway Junior/Senior High School

Summary:

Galway Junior/Senior High School is a public high school serving 411 students in grades 6-12 in the Galway Central School District, located in Galway, NY. This school consistently outperforms the state average on New York State Assessments and Regents exams across various subjects and grade levels, making it a strong-performing institution in the region.

Galway Junior/Senior High School's academic performance is particularly noteworthy, with higher proficiency rates than the state in English Language Arts (ELA) for grades 6-8, Math for grades 6-8, and Science for 8th grade. The school also excels on several Regents exams, including Common Core Algebra II, Common Core English Language Arts, Global History and Geography, and U.S. History and Government. Additionally, the school performs well for female students, ranking 319 out of 1,219 New York high schools, and for low socioeconomic status students, ranking 306 out of 1,170.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Northville High School, Schenectady High School, and Amsterdam High School, Galway Junior/Senior High School generally outperforms them on academic measures. The school's high per-student spending of $16,646 in 2022-2023 and favorable student-teacher ratio of 8.1 may contribute to its strong performance, providing students with individualized attention and resources to support their learning.

Detail:

Public 6-12

5317 Sacandaga Rd
Galway, NY 12074-0130

(518) 882-1033

District: Galway Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
416^th of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,646

Feeder schools for Galway Junior/Senior High School:

Elementary:

Joseph Henry Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 8.4

Number of students: 408

Racial breakdown:

White:

98.8%

Two or more races:

0.5%

African American:

0.2%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 35.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Galway Junior/Senior High School ranks better than 73.9% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 68.61. (See more...)

Compare Details Galway Junior/Senior High School ranks better than 66.5% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 66.59. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Galway Junior/Senior High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (98.8%), two or more races (0.5%), Asian (0.2%). (See more...)

Compare Details 35.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Galway Junior/Senior High School is 8.4. (See more...)

Compare Galway Junior/Senior High School employs 48.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Galway Junior/Senior High School is $16,646.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Galway Junior/Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Galway Junior/Senior High School 393^rd of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Galway Junior/Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Galway Junior/Senior High School 416^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Galway Junior/Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Galway Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Galway Central School District 250^th of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Galway Junior/Senior High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2012	76.25	304^th	1337	77.3%
2013	57.47	539^th	1373	60.7%
2014	64.34	408^th	1401	70.9%
2015	71.64	321^st	1407	77.2%
2016	67.67	382^nd	1429	73.3%
2017	67.19	403^rd	1455	72.3%
2018	63.84	463^rd	1438	67.8%
2019	49.27	658^th	1439	54.3%
2021	56.21	465^th	1242	62.6%
2022	68.08	381^st	1479	74.2%
2023	67.09	436^th	1500	70.9%
2024	68.61	393^rd	1504	73.9%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	66.00	204^th	1139	82.1%
2021	28.29	401^st	522	23.2%
2022	37.36	777^th	1283	39.4%
2023	24.06	1136^th	1307	13.1%
2024	18.20	1246^th	1303	4.4%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.46	433^rd	1245	65.2%
2019	36.19	776^th	1241	37.5%
2021	45.05	455^th	935	51.3%
2022	70.36	264^th	1306	79.8%
2023	59.21	434^th	1288	66.3%
2024	42.39	731^st	1296	43.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	67.49	402^nd	1353	70.3%
2019	58.42	514^th	1370	62.5%
2021	59.15	372^nd	1066	65.1%
2022	69.58	347^th	1454	76.1%
2023	65.60	443^rd	1463	69.7%
2024	62.93	484^th	1465	67.0%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.74	507^th	1352	62.5%
2019	41.73	745^th	1366	45.5%
2021	51.98	458^th	1071	57.2%
2022	63.91	419^th	1455	71.2%
2023	64.98	429^th	1464	70.7%
2024	71.30	335^th	1464	77.1%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.59	371^st	763	51.4%
2022	55.56	317^th	748	57.6%
2023	58.43	313^th	772	59.5%
2024	59.25	299^th	778	61.6%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Galway Junior/Senior High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	54.13	520^th	935	44.4%
2006	58.74	468^th	986	52.5%
2007	51.24	602^nd	1002	39.9%
2008	61.34	448^th	1027	56.4%
2009	63.38	389^th	1086	64.2%
2010	63.43	389^th	1117	65.2%
2011	67.45	319^th	1165	72.6%
2012	46.81	711^th	1198	40.7%
2013	47.11	720^th	1217	40.8%
2014	52.08	625^th	1237	49.5%
2015	63.75	374^th	1255	70.2%
2016	73.02	176^th	1255	86.0%
2017	70.79	254^th	1221	79.2%
2018	73.62	236^th	1210	80.5%
2019	63.68	473^rd	1207	60.8%
2022	64.81	415^th	1190	65.1%
2023	69.27	352^nd	1228	71.3%
2024	66.59	416^th	1242	66.5%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	27.53	814^th	1095	25.7%
2019	18.47	991^st	1132	12.5%
2023	41.86	597^th	1130	47.2%
2024	34.45	743^rd	1144	35.1%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.32	304^th	1154	73.7%
2019	52.65	567^th	1179	51.9%
2022	53.45	483^rd	1101	56.1%
2023	70.22	210^th	1155	81.8%
2024	64.44	306^th	1170	73.8%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	71.56	279^th	1176	76.3%
2019	65.13	436^th	1193	63.5%
2022	71.04	292^nd	1155	74.7%
2023	71.68	311^th	1197	74.0%
2024	70.72	319^th	1219	73.8%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	74.17	208^th	1176	82.3%
2019	60.18	507^th	1190	57.4%
2022	56.82	519^th	1154	55.0%
2023	65.48	382^nd	1191	67.9%
2024	62.79	444^th	1211	63.3%

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Rank History for high school White students at Galway Junior/Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	60.14	280^th	765	63.4%
2019	54.84	368^th	793	53.6%
2024	51.68	403^rd	781	48.4%

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Data source: test scores: NY State Education Department, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: NY State Education Department

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Enrollment information for Galway Junior/Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	531	2	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	536
1990	523	1	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	527
1991	522	1	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	525
1992	537	3	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	543
1993	541	3	2	3	1	n/a	n/a	550
1994	566	3	4	1	2	n/a	n/a	576
1995	583	1	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	589
1996	583	1	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	589
1997	552	2	2	3	0	n/a	n/a	559
1998	551	3	1	4	2	n/a	n/a	561
1999	353	0	1	5	0	n/a	n/a	359
2000	354	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	355
2001	361	0	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	364
2002	376	0	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	378
2003	376	0	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	378
2004	356	0	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	360
2005	350	1	0	5	0	n/a	n/a	356
2006	359	2	1	7	0	n/a	n/a	369
2007	368	2	1	6	0	n/a	n/a	377
2008	373	4	2	8	1	n/a	n/a	388
2009	369	3	3	8	2	n/a	n/a	385
2010	363	4	2	6	2	n/a	n/a	377
2011	392	4	3	0	1	0	0	400
2012	511	4	1	11	1	0	1	529
2013	478	5	1	8	0	0	1	493
2014	461	5	0	7	0	0	1	474
2015	418	5	0	6	0	0	2	431
2016	393	4	0	4	0	0	2	403
2017	395	2	0	2	0	0	2	401
2018	382	2	2	1	0	0	2	389
2019	357	1	2	0	0	0	3	363
2020	364	2	1	1	0	0	4	372
2021	368	2	1	1	0	0	3	375
2022	368	2	1	1	1	0	3	376
2023	402	2	2	1	0	0	4	411
2024	403	1	1	1	0	0	2	408

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Galway Junior/Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	536	41.9	12.7	n/a
1990	527	43.9	12.0	n/a
1991	525	42.5	12.3	n/a
1992	543	43.0	12.6	n/a
1993	550	42.4	13.0	n/a
1994	576	42.4	13.6	5.6
1995	589	44.7	13.2	7.5
1996	589	44.7	13.2	7.5
1997	559	45.3	12.3	4.5
1998	561	44.5	12.6	6.2
1999	359	28.0	12.8	6.1
2000	355	26.0	13.7	20.3
2001	364	30.0	12.1	12.4
2002	378	30.0	12.6	11.6
2003	378	30.0	12.6	11.6
2004	360	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	356	28.8	12.4	13.8
2006	369	30.0	12.3	12.5
2007	377	30.0	12.6	12.2
2008	388	32.0	12.1	13.9
2009	385	30.5	12.6	18.2
2010	377	30.5	12.3	20.7
2011	400	25.3	15.7	23.3
2012	529	43.3	12.2	21.9
2013	493	39.0	12.6	29.6
2014	474	41.2	11.5	18.1
2015	431	38.0	11.3	24.4
2016	403	36.0	11.1	28.8
2017	401	36.5	10.9	27.9
2018	389	37.5	10.3	27.2
2019	363	38.5	9.4	29.5
2020	372	52.5	7.0	31.5
2021	375	42.8	8.7	29.6
2022	376	45.1	8.3	31.1
2023	411	50.3	8.1	32.4
2024	408	48.5	8.4	35.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Galway Junior/Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	536	41.9	12.7	n/a
1990	527	43.9	12.0	n/a
1991	525	42.5	12.3	n/a
1992	543	43.0	12.6	n/a
1993	550	42.4	13.0	n/a
1994	576	42.4	13.6	5.6
1995	589	44.7	13.2	7.5
1996	589	44.7	13.2	7.5
1997	559	45.3	12.3	4.5
1998	561	44.5	12.6	6.2
1999	359	28.0	12.8	6.1
2000	355	26.0	13.7	20.3
2001	364	30.0	12.1	12.4
2002	378	30.0	12.6	11.6
2003	378	30.0	12.6	11.6
2004	360	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	356	28.8	12.4	13.8
2006	369	30.0	12.3	12.5
2007	377	30.0	12.6	12.2
2008	388	32.0	12.1	13.9
2009	385	30.5	12.6	18.2
2010	377	30.5	12.3	20.7
2011	400	25.3	15.7	23.3
2012	529	43.3	12.2	21.9
2013	493	39.0	12.6	29.6
2014	474	41.2	11.5	18.1
2015	431	38.0	11.3	24.4
2016	403	36.0	11.1	28.8
2017	401	36.5	10.9	27.9
2018	389	37.5	10.3	27.2
2019	363	38.5	9.4	29.5
2020	372	52.5	7.0	31.5
2021	375	42.8	8.7	29.6
2022	376	45.1	8.3	31.1
2023	411	50.3	8.1	32.4
2024	408	48.5	8.4	35.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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