Is Lyme Central School a good school?

Lyme Central School ranks 1062 nd of 2445 New York alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Lyme Central School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 345 students attended Lyme Central School.

What is the racial makeup of Lyme Central School?

Students at Lyme Central School are 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Lyme Central School

Summary:

Lyme Central School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in Chaumont, New York, with a total enrollment of 337 students. This high-performing school consistently outshines the state and nearby schools in key metrics, making it an impressive educational option for families in the area.

Lyme Central School boasts impressive graduation rates, ranging from 84.3% to 100% over the past few years, which is higher than the state average. Additionally, the school has very low dropout rates, ranging from 0% to 10%, lower than the state average. Academically, Lyme Central School students excel, with 76.19% of 8th graders proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 40.72%. The school's students also perform exceptionally well on Regents exams, with many subject areas achieving 100% proficiency rates, such as Common Core English Language Arts, Global History and Geography, and U.S. History and Government.

Interestingly, Lyme Central School's strong academic performance is particularly noteworthy given its relatively high percentage of students from low-income families, ranging from 45.45% to 53.41% over the past few years. This suggests that the school is effectively supporting its students and providing them with a quality education, even in the face of socioeconomic challenges. When compared to nearby schools, such as Belleville Henderson Central School and Sackets Harbor Central School, Lyme Central School's academic achievements are even more impressive, with its 8th grade math proficiency rate of 76.19% significantly higher than the 17.86% rate at Sackets Harbor Central School.

Detail:

Public, Alternative PK, KG-12

11868 Academy St
Chaumont, NY 13622-0219

(315) 649-2417

District: Lyme Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
1062^nd of 2,445 New York Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $15,626

Student/teacher ratio: 11.5

Number of students: 345

Racial breakdown:

White:

89.0%

Hispanic:

4.9%

Two or more races:

3.5%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 52.8%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Lyme Central School ranks better than 56.6% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.57. (See more...)

Compare Details Lyme Central School ranks better than 67.6% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.11. (See more...)

Compare Details Lyme Central School ranks better than 71.6% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 69.3. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Lyme Central 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 (89%), Hispanic (4.9%), two or more races (3.5%). (See more...)

Compare Details 52.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Lyme Central School is 11.5. (See more...)

Compare Lyme Central School employs 29.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Lyme Central School is $15,626.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Lyme Central School:

SchoolDigger ranks Lyme Central School 1062^nd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See Lyme Central School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Lyme Central School 487^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See Lyme Central School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Lyme Central School 353^rd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Lyme Central School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for Lyme Central School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	68.70	791^st	2206	64.1%
2007	61.68	1032^nd	2219	53.5%
2008	60.68	1071^st	2227	51.9%
2009	62.25	1018^th	2257	54.9%
2010	66.15	820^th	2263	63.8%
2011	49.18	1300^th	2286	43.1%
2012	42.53	1489^th	2320	35.8%
2013	42.59	1326^th	2325	43.0%
2014	49.44	1193^rd	2345	49.1%
2015	68.24	689^th	2352	70.7%
2016	71.07	623^rd	2366	73.7%
2017	73.31	559^th	2386	76.6%
2018	53.77	1100^th	2395	54.1%
2019	50.55	1150^th	2413	52.3%
2021	55.51	939^th	2201	57.3%
2022	53.38	1092^nd	2434	55.1%
2023	48.76	1201^st	2439	50.8%
2024	53.57	1062^nd	2445	56.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	52.09	740^th	2031	63.6%
2024	30.59	1513^th	2110	28.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	38.57	1278^th	2045	37.5%
2019	40.73	1163^rd	2032	42.8%
2021	65.25	445^th	1678	73.5%
2022	59.60	696^th	2099	66.8%
2023	53.32	825^th	2041	59.6%
2024	60.26	643^rd	2078	69.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.34	1047^th	2338	55.2%
2019	55.43	1012^th	2357	57.1%
2021	58.74	771^st	1955	60.6%
2022	53.91	1070^th	2401	55.4%
2023	48.49	1200^th	2403	50.1%
2024	45.54	1280^th	2413	47.0%

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Rank History for elementary school Military Connected students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	62.49	4^th	15	73.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	49.84	1174^th	2340	49.8%
2019	40.11	1394^th	2358	40.9%
2021	47.10	1041^st	1961	46.9%
2022	51.69	1113^th	2400	53.6%
2023	46.63	1239^th	2400	48.4%
2024	60.45	868^th	2411	64.0%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	76.56	279^th	1399	80.1%

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Rank History for all middle school students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	70.94	347^th	1095	68.3%
2007	69.00	396^th	1123	64.7%
2008	64.17	533^rd	1185	55.0%
2009	60.39	644^th	1224	47.4%
2010	57.57	630^th	1243	49.3%
2011	39.12	857^th	1295	33.8%
2012	53.10	701^st	1337	47.6%
2013	40.87	802^nd	1373	41.6%
2014	47.77	700^th	1401	50.0%
2015	58.17	522^nd	1407	62.9%
2016	62.94	453^rd	1429	68.3%
2017	65.30	434^th	1455	70.2%
2018	63.12	475^th	1438	67.0%
2019	65.15	439^th	1439	69.5%
2021	53.20	518^th	1242	58.3%
2022	65.97	415^th	1479	71.9%
2023	61.34	519^th	1500	65.4%
2024	63.11	487^th	1504	67.6%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	52.22	435^th	1283	66.1%
2023	65.85	287^th	1307	78.0%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	44.65	625^th	1245	49.8%
2019	58.70	392^nd	1241	68.4%
2021	52.02	371^st	935	60.3%
2022	57.66	417^th	1306	68.1%
2023	64.52	355^th	1288	72.4%
2024	66.17	342^nd	1296	73.6%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	62.63	473^rd	1353	65.0%
2019	67.61	406^th	1370	70.4%
2021	60.07	357^th	1066	66.5%
2022	64.08	453^rd	1454	68.8%
2023	62.68	495^th	1463	66.2%
2024	64.25	456^th	1465	68.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	57.51	511^th	1352	62.2%
2019	48.65	628^th	1366	54.0%
2021	44.23	576^th	1071	46.2%
2022	65.00	399^th	1455	72.6%
2023	53.11	630^th	1464	57.0%
2024	56.70	567^th	1464	61.3%

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Rank History for middle school White students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	29.62	583^rd	763	23.6%

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Rank History for all high school students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	71.08	150^th	935	84.0%
2006	54.92	536^th	986	45.6%
2007	63.97	352^nd	1002	64.9%
2008	68.61	265^th	1027	74.2%
2009	77.49	51^st	1086	95.3%
2010	71.16	204^th	1117	81.7%
2011	65.48	362^nd	1165	68.9%
2012	69.41	327^th	1198	72.7%
2013	61.18	531^st	1217	56.4%
2014	48.42	671^st	1237	45.8%
2015	54.29	597^th	1255	52.4%
2016	53.73	582^nd	1255	53.6%
2017	61.75	426^th	1221	65.1%
2018	60.38	523^rd	1210	56.8%
2019	72.96	274^th	1207	77.3%
2021	55.54	266^th	519	48.7%
2022	67.32	363^rd	1190	69.5%
2023	73.15	265^th	1228	78.4%
2024	69.30	353^rd	1242	71.6%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	71.00	222^nd	1130	80.4%
2024	76.16	188^th	1144	83.6%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.07	486^th	1154	57.9%
2019	75.43	137^th	1179	88.4%
2022	60.30	358^th	1101	67.5%
2023	67.07	258^th	1155	77.7%
2024	60.20	395^th	1170	66.2%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	72.59	262^nd	1176	77.7%
2019	74.70	226^th	1193	81.1%
2021	53.94	140^th	290	51.7%
2022	65.50	387^th	1155	66.5%
2023	73.36	261^st	1197	78.2%
2024	67.03	400^th	1219	67.2%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	53.21	593^rd	1176	49.6%
2019	76.13	173^rd	1190	85.5%
2021	57.56	166^th	354	53.1%
2022	65.52	374^th	1154	67.6%
2023	72.91	261^st	1191	78.1%
2024	69.91	319^th	1211	73.7%

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Rank History for high school White students at Lyme Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	49.96	424^th	765	44.6%
2019	46.65	465^th	793	41.4%

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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 Lyme Central School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Total
1989	368	0	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	369
1990	372	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	373
1991	366	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	366
1992	358	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a	358
1993	380	2	6	2	0	n/a	n/a	390
1994	386	2	5	2	0	n/a	n/a	395
1995	406	4	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	414
1996	406	4	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	414
1997	424	9	2	1	0	n/a	n/a	436
1998	417	8	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	429
1999	408	4	3	0	0	n/a	n/a	415
2000	391	7	3	1	0	n/a	n/a	402
2001	363	6	1	1	1	n/a	n/a	372
2002	350	7	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	359
2003	350	7	0	2	0	n/a	n/a	359
2004	353	7	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	361
2005	357	7	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	365
2006	358	5	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	364
2007	340	5	2	4	0	n/a	n/a	351
2008	345	12	4	2	0	n/a	n/a	363
2009	316	12	3	6	0	n/a	n/a	337
2010	313	10	1	10	2	n/a	n/a	336
2011	322	15	5	12	3	0	0	357
2012	312	15	3	15	3	0	0	348
2013	312	11	3	15	4	0	0	345
2014	322	10	2	30	5	0	1	370
2015	320	14	3	18	4	0	0	359
2016	320	13	3	19	3	0	0	358
2017	324	12	3	1	0	0	0	340
2018	336	8	3	1	0	0	1	349
2019	326	12	2	8	0	0	0	348
2020	324	5	2	13	0	0	5	349
2021	305	9	2	11	0	0	5	332
2022	304	7	2	13	0	0	4	330
2023	305	8	1	13	0	0	10	337
2024	307	8	1	17	0	0	12	345

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 Lyme Central School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	369	30.4	12.1	n/a
1990	373	29.9	12.4	n/a
1991	366	29.9	12.2	n/a
1992	358	28.4	12.6	n/a
1993	390	28.2	13.8	n/a
1994	395	30.7	12.9	25.3
1995	414	28.2	14.7	26.1
1996	414	28.2	14.7	26.1
1997	436	28.9	15.1	25.9
1998	429	29.9	14.3	27.7
1999	415	29.9	13.9	27.2
2000	402	30.4	13.2	33.6
2001	372	33.0	11.3	38.4
2002	359	32.5	11.0	39.8
2003	359	32.5	11.0	39.8
2004	361	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	365	31.0	11.8	44.9
2006	364	29.0	12.6	48.6
2007	351	30.5	11.5	47
2008	363	31.2	11.6	44.9
2009	337	32.2	10.5	45.4
2010	336	35.8	9.3	47.6
2011	357	30.2	11.8	48.2
2012	348	32.7	10.6	48.3
2013	345	32.1	10.7	44.3
2014	370	32.0	11.5	48.4
2015	359	31.0	11.5	48.2
2016	358	27.0	13.2	52.5
2017	340	26.7	12.6	52.4
2018	349	28.0	12.4	49
2019	348	30.0	11.5	52
2020	349	30.0	11.6	51
2021	332	30.0	11.0	48.8
2022	330	31.0	10.6	45.5
2023	337	32.0	10.5	53.4
2024	345	29.9	11.5	52.8

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 Lyme Central School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	369	30.4	12.1	n/a
1990	373	29.9	12.4	n/a
1991	366	29.9	12.2	n/a
1992	358	28.4	12.6	n/a
1993	390	28.2	13.8	n/a
1994	395	30.7	12.9	25.3
1995	414	28.2	14.7	26.1
1996	414	28.2	14.7	26.1
1997	436	28.9	15.1	25.9
1998	429	29.9	14.3	27.7
1999	415	29.9	13.9	27.2
2000	402	30.4	13.2	33.6
2001	372	33.0	11.3	38.4
2002	359	32.5	11.0	39.8
2003	359	32.5	11.0	39.8
2004	361	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	365	31.0	11.8	44.9
2006	364	29.0	12.6	48.6
2007	351	30.5	11.5	47
2008	363	31.2	11.6	44.9
2009	337	32.2	10.5	45.4
2010	336	35.8	9.3	47.6
2011	357	30.2	11.8	48.2
2012	348	32.7	10.6	48.3
2013	345	32.1	10.7	44.3
2014	370	32.0	11.5	48.4
2015	359	31.0	11.5	48.2
2016	358	27.0	13.2	52.5
2017	340	26.7	12.6	52.4
2018	349	28.0	12.4	49
2019	348	30.0	11.5	52
2020	349	30.0	11.6	51
2021	332	30.0	11.0	48.8
2022	330	31.0	10.6	45.5
2023	337	32.0	10.5	53.4
2024	345	29.9	11.5	52.8

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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