Is Roy C Ketcham Senior High School a good school?

Roy C Ketcham Senior High School ranks 603 rd of 1242 New York high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Roy C Ketcham Senior High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,596 students attended Roy C Ketcham Senior High School.

What is the racial makeup of Roy C Ketcham Senior High School?

Students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School are 54% White, 29% Hispanic, 9% African American, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Roy C Ketcham Senior High School?

Roy C Ketcham Senior High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : James S Evans Elementary School Elementary : Kinry Road Elementary School Elementary : Myers Corners School Elementary : Oak Grove Elementary School Elementary : Sheafe Road Elementary School Elementary : Vassar Road Elementary School Middle : Wappingers Junior High School

Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Summary:

Roy C Ketcham Senior High School is a public high school located in Wappingers Falls, New York, serving 1,612 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Wappingers Central School District, which is ranked 322 out of 865 school districts in New York and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Over the past 10 years, Roy C Ketcham Senior High School has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, ranging from a high of 302 out of 519 high schools in 2020-2021 to a low of 656 out of 1,228 high schools in 2022-2023. Its current ranking for the 2023-2024 school year is 603 out of 1,242 high schools, with a 3-star rating. The school's performance varies across different student subgroups, with African American and Homeless students having the highest rankings, while White and Low Socioeconomic Status students have the lowest rankings. The school has also experienced a decline in its four-year graduation rate, from 91.9% in 2021-2022 to 84.3% in 2022-2023, and an increase in its dropout rate from 2.2% to 4.9% during the same period.

When compared to other high schools in the surrounding area, Roy C Ketcham Senior High School generally performs better than Orchard View Alternative High School, which is also part of the Wappingers Central School District, but lags behind higher-performing schools like John Jay Senior High School, Spackenkill High School, and Arlington High School. The school's per-student spending has increased from $14,021 in 2020-2021 to $16,809 in 2022-2023, which is higher than the state average but lower than some of the nearby high-performing schools.

Detail:

Public 9-12

99 Myers Corners Rd
Wappingers Falls, NY 12590-3297

(845) 298-5100

District: Wappingers Central School District

SchoolDigger Rank:
603^rd of 1,242 New York High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $16,809

Feeder schools for Roy C Ketcham Senior High School:

Elementary:	James S Evans Elementary School
	Kinry Road Elementary School
	Myers Corners School
	Oak Grove Elementary School
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	Sheafe Road Elementary School
	Vassar Road Elementary School
Middle:	Wappingers Junior High School

Student/teacher ratio: 13.6

Number of students: 1,596

Racial breakdown:

White:

53.9%

Hispanic:

29.4%

African American:

9.4%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 42.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Roy C Ketcham Senior High School ranks better than 51.4% of high schools in New York. It also ranks 2^nd among 3 ranked high schools in the Wappingers Central School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 53.71. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Roy C Ketcham 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 (53.9%), Hispanic (29.4%), African American (9.4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 42.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School is 13.6, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Wappingers Central School District! (See more...)

Compare Roy C Ketcham Senior High School employs 116.5 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School is $16,809. 1 high schools in the Wappingers Central School District spend more per student.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Roy C Ketcham Senior High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Roy C Ketcham Senior High School 603^rd of 1242 New York public high schools. (See Roy C Ketcham Senior High School in the ranking list.)

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Wappingers Central School District:

SchoolDigger ranks Wappingers Central School District 322^nd of 865 New York school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

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Rank History for all students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2005	62.64	347^th	935	62.9%
2006	62.19	388^th	986	60.6%
2007	62.91	384^th	1002	61.7%
2008	63.34	387^th	1027	62.3%
2009	63.91	373^rd	1086	65.7%
2010	65.92	327^th	1117	70.7%
2011	63.88	396^th	1165	66.0%
2012	70.00	314^th	1198	73.8%
2013	69.56	350^th	1217	71.2%
2014	62.03	444^th	1237	64.1%
2015	60.82	442^nd	1255	64.8%
2016	58.83	478^th	1255	61.9%
2017	56.29	545^th	1221	55.4%
2018	50.93	653^rd	1210	46.0%
2019	64.06	463^rd	1207	61.6%
2021	50.96	302^nd	519	41.8%
2022	53.55	590^th	1190	50.4%
2023	48.77	656^th	1228	46.6%
2024	53.71	603^rd	1242	51.4%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2019	58.55	71^st	165	57.0%
2022	54.11	102^nd	212	51.9%
2023	40.99	173^rd	272	36.4%
2024	45.27	170^th	306	44.4%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	36.71	347^th	546	36.4%
2019	59.42	173^rd	565	69.4%
2022	52.70	175^th	481	63.6%
2023	49.67	250^th	583	57.1%
2024	44.18	326^th	637	48.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	47.82	529^th	1095	51.7%
2019	58.10	400^th	1132	64.7%
2022	51.38	421^st	1038	59.4%
2023	39.20	648^th	1130	42.7%
2024	44.58	549^th	1144	52.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.99	769^th	1154	33.4%
2019	55.75	505^th	1179	57.2%
2021	46.49	171^st	289	40.8%
2022	46.85	583^rd	1101	47.0%
2023	39.51	702^nd	1155	39.2%
2024	45.17	624^th	1170	46.7%

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Rank History for Homeless students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	35.54	327^th	498	34.3%
2019	47.95	231^st	493	53.1%
2023	42.73	283^rd	531	46.7%
2024	64.86	106^th	564	81.2%

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Rank History for Female students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.78	640^th	1176	45.6%
2019	63.72	463^rd	1193	61.2%
2022	50.57	599^th	1155	48.1%
2023	45.28	678^th	1197	43.4%
2024	53.62	597^th	1219	51.0%

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Rank History for Male students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	50.31	635^th	1176	46.0%
2019	63.02	458^th	1190	61.5%
2022	54.92	537^th	1154	53.5%
2023	52.15	602^nd	1191	49.5%
2024	53.66	591^st	1211	51.2%

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Rank History for Asian students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	64.84	167^th	426	60.8%
2019	68.79	145^th	447	67.6%
2022	52.96	209^th	386	45.9%
2023	38.76	283^rd	424	33.3%
2024	39.51	280^th	426	34.3%

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Rank History for African American students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	68.51	153^rd	679	77.5%
2019	77.37	82^nd	686	88.0%
2022	56.14	210^th	593	64.6%
2023	59.38	210^th	671	68.7%
2024	69.24	155^th	690	77.5%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	51.31	367^th	791	53.6%
2019	65.00	241^st	815	70.4%
2022	52.87	324^th	760	57.4%
2023	45.21	417^th	851	51.0%
2024	52.87	359^th	865	58.5%

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Rank History for White students at Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	NY State Percentile
2018	34.25	582^nd	765	23.9%
2019	50.80	427^th	793	46.2%
2021	35.67	103^rd	133	22.6%
2022	40.78	482^nd	738	34.7%
2023	36.99	536^th	776	30.9%
2024	43.42	480^th	781	38.5%

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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 Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1989	1512	86	39	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	1676
1990	1447	78	40	44	0	n/a	n/a	0	1609
1991	1350	73	48	39	0	n/a	n/a	0	1510
1992	1343	73	48	46	0	n/a	n/a	0	1510
1993	1290	95	83	63	4	n/a	n/a	0	1535
1994	1270	86	85	63	3	n/a	n/a	0	1507
1995	1195	103	89	106	1	n/a	n/a	0	1494
1996	1195	103	89	106	1	n/a	n/a	0	1494
1997	1175	96	94	119	0	n/a	n/a	0	1484
1998	1193	89	95	114	0	n/a	n/a	0	1491
1999	1219	86	85	126	0	n/a	n/a	0	1516
2000	1246	101	93	125	4	n/a	n/a	0	1569
2001	1287	117	92	141	0	n/a	n/a	0	1637
2002	1307	126	103	160	2	n/a	n/a	0	1698
2003	1307	126	103	160	2	n/a	n/a	0	1698
2004	1403	121	108	189	1	n/a	n/a	0	1822
2005	1443	118	110	191	1	n/a	n/a	0	1863
2006	1484	130	106	211	2	n/a	n/a	0	1933
2007	1498	138	109	249	0	n/a	n/a	0	1994
2008	1497	153	103	246	0	n/a	n/a	0	1999
2009	1469	153	113	276	1	n/a	n/a	5	2017
2010	1447	162	119	280	1	n/a	n/a	5	2014
2011	1414	176	119	289	1	0	2	0	2001
2012	1374	161	123	274	3	0	2	0	1937
2013	1361	160	119	251	2	0	1	0	1894
2014	1348	155	119	269	2	0	4	0	1897
2015	1313	150	125	298	2	0	12	0	1900
2016	1218	149	110	321	2	0	12	0	1812
2017	1149	158	104	323	3	2	14	0	1753
2018	1116	174	101	337	2	3	15	0	1748
2019	1066	157	86	341	2	5	28	0	1685
2020	1042	141	81	356	1	5	27	0	1653
2021	991	152	72	381	0	4	33	0	1633
2022	945	151	64	431	0	3	34	0	1628
2023	912	137	63	453	2	0	45	0	1612
2024	860	150	63	469	0	0	54	0	1596

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 Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1676	111.0	15.0	n/a
1990	1609	111.7	14.4	n/a
1991	1510	105.5	14.3	n/a
1992	1510	95.9	15.7	n/a
1993	1535	91.7	16.7	n/a
1994	1507	91.7	16.4	4.4
1995	1494	84.3	17.7	3.8
1996	1494	84.3	17.7	3.8
1997	1484	85.4	17.4	5.6
1998	1491	84.2	17.7	5.4
1999	1516	97.0	15.6	3.3
2000	1569	100.3	15.6	12.1
2001	1637	106.0	15.4	9.8
2002	1698	111.0	15.3	4
2003	1698	111.0	15.3	4
2004	1822	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1863	130.0	14.3	9.4
2006	1933	128.0	15.1	6.6
2007	1994	128.4	15.5	9.7
2008	1999	128.0	15.6	8.1
2009	2017	132.5	15.2	9.3
2010	2014	130.5	15.4	12.1
2011	2001	123.7	16.1	14.2
2012	1937	124.5	15.5	17.9
2013	1894	125.7	15.0	17.3
2014	1897	119.9	15.8	21
2015	1900	116.0	16.3	27.4
2016	1812	116.0	15.6	25.4
2017	1753	115.7	15.1	25.6
2018	1748	115.0	15.2	26.8
2019	1685	115.0	14.6	28.6
2020	1653	123.0	13.4	27.3
2021	1633	115.3	14.1	32.1
2022	1628	117.5	13.8	n/a
2023	1612	116.7	13.8	31.4
2024	1596	116.5	13.6	42.6

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 Roy C Ketcham Senior High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1989	1676	111.0	15.0	n/a
1990	1609	111.7	14.4	n/a
1991	1510	105.5	14.3	n/a
1992	1510	95.9	15.7	n/a
1993	1535	91.7	16.7	n/a
1994	1507	91.7	16.4	4.4
1995	1494	84.3	17.7	3.8
1996	1494	84.3	17.7	3.8
1997	1484	85.4	17.4	5.6
1998	1491	84.2	17.7	5.4
1999	1516	97.0	15.6	3.3
2000	1569	100.3	15.6	12.1
2001	1637	106.0	15.4	9.8
2002	1698	111.0	15.3	4
2003	1698	111.0	15.3	4
2004	1822	n/a	n/a	n/a
2005	1863	130.0	14.3	9.4
2006	1933	128.0	15.1	6.6
2007	1994	128.4	15.5	9.7
2008	1999	128.0	15.6	8.1
2009	2017	132.5	15.2	9.3
2010	2014	130.5	15.4	12.1
2011	2001	123.7	16.1	14.2
2012	1937	124.5	15.5	17.9
2013	1894	125.7	15.0	17.3
2014	1897	119.9	15.8	21
2015	1900	116.0	16.3	27.4
2016	1812	116.0	15.6	25.4
2017	1753	115.7	15.1	25.6
2018	1748	115.0	15.2	26.8
2019	1685	115.0	14.6	28.6
2020	1653	123.0	13.4	27.3
2021	1633	115.3	14.1	32.1
2022	1628	117.5	13.8	n/a
2023	1612	116.7	13.8	31.4
2024	1596	116.5	13.6	42.6

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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