Is South Kortright Central School a good school?

South Kortright Central School ranks in the bottom 3.8% of New York alternative schools.

How many students attend South Kortright Central School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 313 students attended South Kortright Central School.

What is the racial makeup of South Kortright Central School?

Students at South Kortright Central School are 95% White, 2% African American, 2% Hispanic.

South Kortright Central School

Summary:

South Kortright Central School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in the rural town of South Kortright, NY, with an enrollment of 317 students. The school has seen strong graduation rates and relatively low dropout rates in recent years, outperforming the state average. However, its students generally perform below the state average on state assessments, especially in English Language Arts and Math, despite excelling on Regents exams.

One of the school's key strengths is its Regents exam performance, with 100% of students being proficient in Common Core English Language Arts in 2023-2024, compared to 78.55% statewide. This suggests the school is effectively preparing students for these high-stakes tests. In comparison to nearby alternative schools like Worcester School and Margaretville Central School, South Kortright generally performs on par or slightly better on test scores and other metrics. However, the school's chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 18.2% to 37.8% in recent years, are significantly higher than the state average and its nearby counterparts.

Overall, South Kortright Central School appears to be a solid alternative school option in the region, with strong Regents exam performance and graduation rates, but facing challenges with chronic absenteeism and relatively lower performance on state assessments compared to the state average. The school should focus on improving attendance and exploring ways to boost student achievement on state tests while continuing to leverage its strengths in preparing students for Regents exams.

Detail:

Public, Alternative PK, KG-12

58200 State Hwy 10
South Kortright, NY 13842-0113

(607) 538-9111

District: South Kortright Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
2353^rd of 2,445 New York Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $14,117

Student/teacher ratio: 9.9

Number of students: 313

Racial breakdown:

White:

94.6%

African American:

2.2%

Hispanic:

1.6%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 44.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details South Kortright Central School ranks worse than 96.2% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 8.86. (See more...)

Compare Details South Kortright Central School ranks worse than 89% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.26. (See more...)

Compare Details South Kortright Central School ranks better than 92.1% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 81.32. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at South Kortright 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 (94.6%), African American (2.2%), Hispanic (1.6%). (See more...)

Compare Details 44.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at South Kortright Central School is 9.9. (See more...)

Compare South Kortright Central School employs 31.4 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at South Kortright Central School is $14,117.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

South Kortright Central School:

SchoolDigger ranks South Kortright Central School 2353^rd of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See South Kortright Central School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks South Kortright Central School 1339^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See South Kortright Central School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks South Kortright Central School 98^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See South Kortright Central School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for South Kortright Central School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	55.21	1225^th	2206	44.5%
2007	62.15	1018^th	2219	54.1%
2008	54.82	1237^th	2227	44.5%
2009	61.40	1058^th	2257	53.1%
2010	40.19	1531^st	2263	32.3%
2011	58.76	1046^th	2286	54.2%
2012	44.49	1438^th	2320	38.0%
2013	44.62	1269^th	2325	45.4%
2014	39.55	1466^th	2345	37.5%
2015	35.29	1565^th	2352	33.5%
2016	39.98	1446^th	2366	38.9%
2017	33.31	1630^th	2386	31.7%
2018	50.79	1182^nd	2395	50.6%
2019	32.43	1650^th	2413	31.6%
2021	39.72	1374^th	2201	37.6%
2022	20.69	2026^th	2434	16.8%
2023	15.50	2163^rd	2439	11.3%
2024	8.86	2353^rd	2445	3.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.43	851^st	2045	58.4%
2019	35.08	1333^rd	2032	34.4%
2021	46.73	862^nd	1678	48.6%
2022	24.22	1752^nd	2099	16.5%
2023	15.19	1897^th	2041	7.1%
2024	8.49	2046^th	2078	1.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	56.78	1036^th	2338	55.7%
2019	48.02	1207^th	2357	48.8%
2021	46.46	1051^st	1955	46.2%
2022	24.72	1908^th	2401	20.5%
2023	23.53	1938^th	2403	19.4%
2024	15.50	2200^th	2413	8.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.54	1248^th	2340	46.7%
2019	22.53	1903^rd	2358	19.3%
2021	33.59	1375^th	1961	29.9%
2022	18.50	2092^nd	2400	12.8%
2023	12.00	2262^nd	2400	5.8%
2024	8.96	2324^th	2411	3.6%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	19.28	1165^th	1338	12.9%
2024	5.56	1357^th	1392	2.5%

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

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Rank History for all middle school students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	55.76	566^th	1095	48.3%
2007	62.98	493^rd	1123	56.1%
2008	50.26	737^th	1185	37.8%
2009	69.09	463^rd	1224	62.2%
2010	42.70	807^th	1243	35.1%
2011	42.99	820^th	1295	36.7%
2012	24.93	1047^th	1337	21.7%
2013	39.65	823^rd	1373	40.1%
2014	43.10	792^nd	1401	43.5%
2015	34.31	952^nd	1407	32.3%
2016	53.24	610^th	1429	57.3%
2017	48.93	716^th	1455	50.8%
2018	54.67	599^th	1438	58.3%
2019	29.16	1027^th	1439	28.6%
2021	41.40	719^th	1242	42.1%
2022	41.47	868^th	1479	41.3%
2023	47.03	786^th	1500	47.6%
2024	17.26	1339^th	1504	11.0%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	12.52	1206^th	1241	2.8%
2021	31.83	676^th	935	27.7%
2022	30.34	973^rd	1306	25.5%
2023	47.25	624^th	1288	51.6%
2024	17.57	1168^th	1296	9.9%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	24.79	1112^th	1353	17.8%
2021	62.07	330^th	1066	69.0%
2022	45.37	781^st	1454	46.3%
2023	51.38	690^th	1463	52.8%
2024	33.79	1022^nd	1465	30.2%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	52.13	608^th	1352	55.0%
2021	26.34	839^th	1071	21.7%
2022	36.70	922^nd	1455	36.6%
2023	44.57	798^th	1464	45.5%
2024	12.46	1380^th	1464	5.7%

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Rank History for middle school White students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	44.43	417^th	748	44.3%
2023	41.72	466^th	772	39.6%

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

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Rank History for all high school students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	66.00	260^th	935	72.2%
2006	58.69	471^st	986	52.2%
2007	60.45	445^th	1002	55.6%
2008	64.10	364^th	1027	64.6%
2009	79.11	18^th	1086	98.3%
2010	63.00	399^th	1117	64.3%
2011	70.12	248^th	1165	78.7%
2012	63.43	465^th	1198	61.2%
2013	54.86	641^st	1217	47.3%
2014	55.69	579^th	1237	53.2%
2015	61.16	432^nd	1255	65.6%
2016	66.48	310^th	1255	75.3%
2017	70.37	264^th	1221	78.4%
2018	74.93	210^th	1210	82.6%
2019	78.48	139^th	1207	88.5%
2022	85.66	36^th	1190	97.0%
2023	84.15	49^th	1228	96.0%
2024	81.32	98^th	1242	92.1%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	68.48	226^th	1154	80.4%
2019	75.66	127^th	1179	89.2%
2022	84.13	37^th	1101	96.6%
2023	83.36	36^th	1155	96.9%
2024	76.78	114^th	1170	90.3%

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Rank History for high school Female students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	73.78	236^th	1176	79.9%
2019	76.40	186^th	1193	84.4%
2022	84.87	34^th	1155	97.1%
2023	80.65	108^th	1197	91.0%
2024	83.63	51^st	1219	95.8%

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Rank History for high school Male students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	74.09	212^th	1176	82.0%
2019	78.50	119^th	1190	90.0%
2022	85.21	30^th	1154	97.4%
2023	86.16	25^th	1191	97.9%
2024	74.89	222^nd	1211	81.7%

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Rank History for high school White students at South Kortright Central School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	75.92	69^th	793	91.3%
2022	81.16	29^th	738	96.1%
2024	54.29	380^th	781	51.3%

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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 South Kortright Central School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	421	1	3	4	0	n/a	n/a	0	429
1990	420	7	4	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	431
1991	447	1	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	449
1992	469	3	1	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	473
1993	454	4	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	462
1994	444	5	13	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	465
1995	427	8	12	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	456
1996	427	8	12	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	456
1997	393	10	2	5	5	n/a	n/a	0	415
1998	374	9	2	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	392
1999	343	7	4	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	360
2000	359	4	6	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	377
2001	349	6	5	9	0	n/a	n/a	0	369
2002	339	3	0	9	9	n/a	n/a	0	360
2003	339	3	0	9	9	n/a	n/a	0	360
2004	334	1	9	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	354
2005	353	3	4	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	367
2006	338	2	8	7	0	n/a	n/a	0	355
2007	321	0	8	8	0	n/a	n/a	1	338
2008	328	3	7	6	0	n/a	n/a	0	344
2009	337	4	8	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	360
2010	339	8	8	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	366
2011	365	7	5	4	0	0	0	0	381
2012	371	7	7	11	0	0	6	0	402
2013	354	9	6	7	1	0	7	0	384
2014	348	13	6	5	1	0	7	0	380
2015	364	13	4	9	0	0	7	0	397
2016	362	11	5	16	0	0	6	0	400
2017	349	12	5	12	0	0	6	0	384
2018	331	10	2	14	0	0	5	0	362
2019	333	8	3	13	0	0	5	0	362
2020	316	7	2	12	0	0	3	0	340
2021	295	4	1	5	0	0	2	0	307
2022	303	6	1	4	4	0	1	0	319
2023	302	6	1	4	3	0	1	0	317
2024	296	7	2	5	3	0	0	0	313

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 South Kortright Central School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	429	38.9	11.0	n/a
1990	431	41.9	10.2	n/a
1991	449	43.9	10.2	n/a
1992	473	45.4	10.4	n/a
1993	462	39.4	11.7	n/a
1994	465	37.9	12.3	38.9
1995	456	37.9	12.0	36.4
1996	456	37.9	12.0	36.4
1997	415	37.9	10.9	30.8
1998	392	38.0	10.3	39.8
1999	360	37.0	9.7	40.8
2000	377	37.2	10.1	52
2001	369	39.0	9.5	44.4
2002	360	38.0	9.5	48.1
2003	360	38.0	9.5	48.1
2004	354	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	367	38.2	9.6	54.2
2006	355	39.0	9.1	52.1
2007	338	39.0	8.7	46.6
2008	344	39.0	8.8	47.1
2009	360	37.0	9.7	45.8
2010	366	39.0	9.3	50.3
2011	381	37.1	10.2	42.3
2012	402	36.0	11.1	42.3
2013	384	34.6	11.0	44.3
2014	380	34.6	10.9	35.8
2015	397	35.0	11.3	31
2016	400	32.0	12.5	n/a
2017	384	34.6	11.0	47.7
2018	362	33.2	10.8	47
2019	362	34.6	10.4	47
2020	340	32.5	10.4	45.9
2021	307	32.7	9.3	43
2022	319	35.9	8.8	0.9
2023	317	34.5	9.1	36.9
2024	313	31.4	9.9	44.7

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 South Kortright Central School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	429	38.9	11.0	n/a
1990	431	41.9	10.2	n/a
1991	449	43.9	10.2	n/a
1992	473	45.4	10.4	n/a
1993	462	39.4	11.7	n/a
1994	465	37.9	12.3	38.9
1995	456	37.9	12.0	36.4
1996	456	37.9	12.0	36.4
1997	415	37.9	10.9	30.8
1998	392	38.0	10.3	39.8
1999	360	37.0	9.7	40.8
2000	377	37.2	10.1	52
2001	369	39.0	9.5	44.4
2002	360	38.0	9.5	48.1
2003	360	38.0	9.5	48.1
2004	354	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	367	38.2	9.6	54.2
2006	355	39.0	9.1	52.1
2007	338	39.0	8.7	46.6
2008	344	39.0	8.8	47.1
2009	360	37.0	9.7	45.8
2010	366	39.0	9.3	50.3
2011	381	37.1	10.2	42.3
2012	402	36.0	11.1	42.3
2013	384	34.6	11.0	44.3
2014	380	34.6	10.9	35.8
2015	397	35.0	11.3	31
2016	400	32.0	12.5	n/a
2017	384	34.6	11.0	47.7
2018	362	33.2	10.8	47
2019	362	34.6	10.4	47
2020	340	32.5	10.4	45.9
2021	307	32.7	9.3	43
2022	319	35.9	8.8	0.9
2023	317	34.5	9.1	36.9
2024	313	31.4	9.9	44.7

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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