Is New York Mills School a good school?

New York Mills School ranks 916 th of 2445 New York alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend New York Mills School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 567 students attended New York Mills School.

What is the racial makeup of New York Mills School?

Students at New York Mills School are 87% White, 6% African American, 3% Asian, 2% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

New York Mills School

Summary:

New York Mills School is an alternative public school serving grades K-12 in the New York Mills Union Free School District, with 546 students and a student-teacher ratio of 11.6. The school's spending per student is $19,910 for the 2022-2023 school year.

New York Mills School is a high-performing school, consistently outperforming the state and nearby schools like Brookfield Central School, Madison Central School, and Stockbridge Valley Central School in various academic metrics. The school has consistently high four-year graduation rates, ranging from 84.3% to 92.1%, significantly higher than the state average of around 80%. Additionally, the school's dropout rates are relatively low, ranging from 2.6% to 13.7%, compared to the state average of around 6%. Students at New York Mills School also outperform the state and district averages in both English Language Arts and Math assessments, with proficiency rates often 5-10 percentage points higher than the state averages. The school's students also perform very well on Regents exams, with proficiency rates often exceeding 70-80% in subjects like Common Core English Language Arts, Global History and Geography, and U.S. History and Government.

Despite the school's strong academic performance, the high chronic absenteeism rates, ranging from 27.3% to 37.8%, are a concern. This could be an area for the school to focus on, as chronic absenteeism can negatively impact student learning and achievement. Additionally, the school has a significant population of students from low-income families, with 36.75% to 49.45% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years. The school's high spending per student of $19,910 and low student-teacher ratio of 11.6 may be contributing factors to its academic success, but the high chronic absenteeism rates are an area that could be addressed to further improve student outcomes.

Detail:

Public, Alternative K-12

1 Marauder Blvd
New York Mills, NY 13417-1566

(315) 768-8124

District: New York Mills Union Free School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
916^th of 2,445 New York Alternative Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,910

Student/teacher ratio: 11.8

Number of students: 567

Racial breakdown:

White:

87.5%

African American:

6.2%

Asian:

2.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 49.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details New York Mills School ranks better than 62.5% of elementary schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.56. (See more...)

Compare Details New York Mills School ranks better than 57.4% of middle schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.88. (See more...)

Compare Details New York Mills School ranks better than 57.4% of high schools in New York. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 59.33. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at New York Mills 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 (87.5%), African American (6.2%), Asian (2.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 49.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at New York Mills School is 11.8. (See more...)

Compare New York Mills School employs 47.9 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at New York Mills School is $19,910.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

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SchoolDigger ranks New York Mills School 916^th of 2445 New York public elementary schools. (See New York Mills School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks New York Mills School 640^th of 1504 New York public middle schools. (See New York Mills School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks New York Mills School 529^th of 1242 New York public high schools. (See New York Mills School in the ranking list.)

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Rank History for New York Mills School

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Rank History for all elementary school students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	68.70	712^th	2439	70.8%
2024	59.56	916^th	2445	62.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	60.59	522^nd	2031	74.3%
2023	37.10	1185^th	2016	41.2%
2024	30.46	1521^st	2110	27.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	61.87	636^th	2099	69.7%
2023	68.77	490^th	2041	76.0%
2024	61.94	610^th	2078	70.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	63.98	804^th	2401	66.5%
2023	70.80	628^th	2403	73.9%
2024	59.50	881^st	2413	63.5%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile
2022	56.29	987^th	2400	58.9%
2023	63.10	829^th	2400	65.5%
2024	59.72	888^th	2411	63.2%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	51.74	681^st	1399	51.3%
2023	60.15	535^th	1337	60.0%

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

Rank History for New York Mills School

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Rank History for all middle school students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2006	73.51	294^th	1095	73.2%
2007	77.43	250^th	1123	77.7%
2008	72.89	354^th	1185	70.1%
2009	71.87	383^rd	1224	68.7%
2010	67.19	470^th	1243	62.2%
2011	51.06	728^th	1295	43.8%
2012	50.57	734^th	1337	45.1%
2013	41.39	792^nd	1373	42.3%
2014	41.60	814^th	1401	41.9%
2015	59.71	499^th	1407	64.5%
2016	43.92	785^th	1429	45.1%
2017	59.98	524^th	1455	64.0%
2018	29.80	1043^rd	1438	27.5%
2019	16.60	1276^th	1439	11.3%
2021	47.02	628^th	1242	49.4%
2022	56.50	582^nd	1479	60.6%
2023	61.43	518^th	1500	65.5%
2024	53.88	640^th	1504	57.4%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2024	37.69	768^th	1303	41.1%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	29.47	952^nd	1245	23.5%
2019	24.79	1009^th	1241	18.7%
2021	49.66	399^th	935	57.3%
2022	50.76	540^th	1306	58.7%
2023	57.16	468^th	1288	63.7%
2024	57.16	464^th	1296	64.2%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	19.45	1185^th	1353	12.4%
2019	15.32	1254^th	1370	8.5%
2021	50.90	481^st	1066	54.9%
2022	60.84	507^th	1454	65.1%
2023	68.37	405^th	1463	72.3%
2024	50.49	705^th	1465	51.9%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	40.10	809^th	1352	40.2%
2019	20.90	1152^nd	1366	15.7%
2021	45.59	556^th	1071	48.1%
2022	51.80	620^th	1455	57.4%
2023	52.46	642^nd	1464	56.1%
2024	56.57	570^th	1464	61.1%

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Rank History for middle school White students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	12.29	676^th	716	5.6%
2023	58.09	317^th	772	58.9%
2024	42.93	458^th	778	41.1%

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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 New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	64.30	303^rd	935	67.6%
2006	67.48	248^th	986	74.8%
2007	76.22	63^rd	1002	93.7%
2008	79.10	15^th	1027	98.5%
2009	69.75	217^th	1086	80.0%
2010	62.90	400^th	1117	64.2%
2011	69.96	253^rd	1165	78.3%
2012	77.29	135^th	1198	88.7%
2013	70.33	327^th	1217	73.1%
2014	54.59	589^th	1237	52.4%
2015	54.27	598^th	1255	52.4%
2016	63.66	362^nd	1255	71.2%
2017	57.37	525^th	1221	57.0%
2018	58.72	552^nd	1210	54.4%
2019	66.49	406^th	1207	66.4%
2021	58.09	244^th	519	53.0%
2022	61.16	479^th	1190	59.7%
2023	70.99	308^th	1228	74.9%
2024	59.33	529^th	1242	57.4%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	63.11	327^th	1132	71.1%
2022	77.36	138^th	1038	86.7%
2023	84.59	93^rd	1130	91.8%
2024	74.28	210^th	1144	81.6%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	55.35	502^nd	1154	56.5%
2019	63.07	358^th	1179	69.6%
2021	48.14	156^th	289	46.0%
2022	60.52	354^th	1101	67.8%
2023	69.32	226^th	1155	80.4%
2024	52.95	502^nd	1170	57.1%

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Rank History for high school Female students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.49	421^st	1176	64.2%
2019	65.95	416^th	1193	65.1%
2021	59.13	119^th	290	59.0%
2022	63.32	428^th	1155	62.9%
2023	78.20	160^th	1197	86.6%
2024	56.25	554^th	1219	54.6%

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Rank History for high school Male students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.60	629^th	1176	46.5%
2019	65.21	413^th	1190	65.3%
2021	52.10	189^th	354	46.6%
2022	56.99	515^th	1154	55.4%
2023	63.79	411^th	1191	65.5%
2024	62.35	449^th	1211	62.9%

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Rank History for high school White students at New York Mills School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	33.74	587^th	765	23.3%
2019	58.86	308^th	793	61.2%
2022	46.29	428^th	738	42.0%
2023	50.59	396^th	776	49.0%
2024	45.18	462^nd	781	40.8%

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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 New York Mills School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	638	7	3	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	650
1990	600	9	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	612
1991	607	4	2	5	1	n/a	n/a	0	619
1992	599	4	2	0	0	n/a	n/a	0	605
1993	626	5	1	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	633
1994	633	3	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	639
1995	293	2	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	299
1996	293	2	2	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	299
1997	283	2	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	289
1998	292	1	1	2	0	n/a	n/a	0	296
1999	268	1	1	3	0	n/a	n/a	0	273
2000	291	4	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	296
2001	281	2	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	284
2002	273	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	275
2003	273	1	0	1	0	n/a	n/a	0	275
2004	255	3	0	2	1	n/a	n/a	0	261
2005	249	3	1	8	0	n/a	n/a	0	261
2006	234	4	3	11	0	n/a	n/a	0	252
2007	237	3	3	13	0	n/a	n/a	0	256
2008	230	2	3	10	0	n/a	n/a	0	245
2009	228	3	6	10	1	n/a	n/a	1	249
2010	229	5	5	6	1	n/a	n/a	0	246
2011	229	4	6	8	2	0	4	0	253
2012	251	4	4	11	2	0	1	0	273
2013	242	2	5	7	1	0	2	0	259
2014	244	3	5	6	0	0	3	0	261
2015	246	4	2	10	0	0	3	0	265
2016	243	3	5	11	0	0	5	0	267
2017	236	2	4	9	0	0	7	0	258
2018	214	9	4	8	0	0	9	0	244
2019	223	8	4	8	0	0	9	0	252
2020	227	8	3	10	0	0	6	0	254
2021	213	9	3	11	0	0	7	0	243
2022	450	24	10	17	1	3	12	0	517
2023	470	34	17	14	1	2	8	0	546
2024	496	35	16	11	1	2	6	0	567

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

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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 New York Mills School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	650	45.3	14.3	n/a
1990	612	46.8	13.0	n/a
1991	619	46.2	13.3	n/a
1992	605	46.2	13.0	n/a
1993	633	47.8	13.2	n/a
1994	639	47.6	13.4	16.6
1995	299	26.0	11.5	21.4
1996	299	26.0	11.5	21.4
1997	289	25.9	11.2	17
1998	296	26.2	11.3	14.9
1999	273	26.7	10.2	17.9
2000	296	27.6	10.7	20.9
2001	284	27.0	10.5	19
2002	275	24.7	11.1	21.1
2003	275	24.7	11.1	21.1
2004	261	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	261	23.8	11.0	25.7
2006	252	22.0	11.5	21.4
2007	256	21.4	12.0	23.8
2008	245	22.4	10.9	27.3
2009	249	16.9	14.7	29
2010	246	22.5	10.8	28.9
2011	253	20.7	12.2	23.3
2012	273	22.2	12.2	32.2
2013	259	22.2	11.6	26.3
2014	261	22.2	11.7	30.3
2015	265	22.0	12.0	37.4
2016	267	19.0	14.0	37.5
2017	258	24.9	10.3	37.6
2018	244	23.0	10.5	36.5
2019	252	23.0	10.9	40.5
2020	254	25.0	10.1	38.2
2021	243	23.7	10.2	40.7
2022	517	48.0	10.7	36.8
2023	546	47.0	11.6	49.5
2024	567	47.9	11.8	49.6

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 New York Mills School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	650	45.3	14.3	n/a
1990	612	46.8	13.0	n/a
1991	619	46.2	13.3	n/a
1992	605	46.2	13.0	n/a
1993	633	47.8	13.2	n/a
1994	639	47.6	13.4	16.6
1995	299	26.0	11.5	21.4
1996	299	26.0	11.5	21.4
1997	289	25.9	11.2	17
1998	296	26.2	11.3	14.9
1999	273	26.7	10.2	17.9
2000	296	27.6	10.7	20.9
2001	284	27.0	10.5	19
2002	275	24.7	11.1	21.1
2003	275	24.7	11.1	21.1
2004	261	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	261	23.8	11.0	25.7
2006	252	22.0	11.5	21.4
2007	256	21.4	12.0	23.8
2008	245	22.4	10.9	27.3
2009	249	16.9	14.7	29
2010	246	22.5	10.8	28.9
2011	253	20.7	12.2	23.3
2012	273	22.2	12.2	32.2
2013	259	22.2	11.6	26.3
2014	261	22.2	11.7	30.3
2015	265	22.0	12.0	37.4
2016	267	19.0	14.0	37.5
2017	258	24.9	10.3	37.6
2018	244	23.0	10.5	36.5
2019	252	23.0	10.9	40.5
2020	254	25.0	10.1	38.2
2021	243	23.7	10.2	40.7
2022	517	48.0	10.7	36.8
2023	546	47.0	11.6	49.5
2024	567	47.9	11.8	49.6

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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