Other / mixed grade configuration · Clymer, NY

Clymer Central School

Federal NCES profile for Clymer Central School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 43/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 360789000562
0/100100/10043/100
👥 S:T ratio
68
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
34
📋 Attendance
38
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Clymer Central School earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 90% of New York schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New York schools.

43
Resource Index · Typical
7.9:1
small classes for New York
34.4%
free-lunch eligible
330
students enrolled

Clymer Central School has class sizes smaller than 90% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

330

New York · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

42.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

7.9:1

vs 11.8:1 New York avg

-33% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

34.4%

vs 56.2% New York avg

-39% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Clymer Central School compares with New York and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:17.9:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Clymer Central School

Clymer Central School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Clymer, New York, enrolling 330 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 7.9:1, Clymer Central School is leaner than roughly 90% of New York schools and 33% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 34.4% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 330 puts it in the smaller third of New York schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 4,801 scored New York schools.

Against 753 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks mid-pack at #327.

Its student body is predominantly White (92% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 14/100).

Counselor availability sits well past the ASCA benchmark, roughly 330 students sharing each counselor, though short of the most stretched campuses.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 24.8% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Its district draws 15.3% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Clymer Central School District operates only this one school, so Clymer Central School has no district-mates to compare against locally.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Clymer Central School compares

Clymer Central School on the metrics families compare, against New York and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New York New York avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 7.9:1 ▼ 33% 11.8:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 34.4% ▼ 39% 56.2% 51.7%
Enrollment 330 top 70% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

7.9:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
330
Bigger than 37% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
34.4%
free-lunch eligible - 39% below the New York average of 56.2%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
7.9:1
students per teacher - 33% below state mean
Top 10% in New York - lower ratio than 90% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
24.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$26,844
per pupil, district-wide - above New York avg of $26,410
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 330 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
19
in-school suspensions + 4 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 5.8 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 7.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 92.4%
Two or More 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino 2.4%
African American 0.6%

Largest group: White at 92.4% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 14.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 14.4, Clymer Central School is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.

Programs

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Clymer Central School District, which includes Clymer Central School.

$26,844
Per student
+2%
vs New York
Avg $26,410
+62%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 35.0%
State 49.7%
Federal 15.3%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New York, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Clymer Central School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Clymer Central School

How many students attend Clymer Central School?

Clymer Central School has 330 students enrolled. It is a public school in Clymer, NY.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Clymer Central School?

The student-teacher ratio at Clymer Central School is 7.9:1, which is 33% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 50% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Clymer Central School?

34.4% of students at Clymer Central School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Clymer Central School?

The largest demographic group at Clymer Central School is White at 92.4% of enrollment, in Clymer, NY.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Clymer Central School?

Clymer Central School has a Resource Investment Index of 43/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Clymer Central School a good school?

Clymer Central School earns 43/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 90% of New York schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New York schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Clymer Central School District?

None reported; Clymer Central School District operates only Clymer Central School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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