Enrollment
199
New York · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · South Dayton, NY
Federal NCES profile for Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 46/100.
The verdict
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School earns 46/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% of New York schools. It is also less racially and ethnically mixed than most New York schools.
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School has class sizes smaller than 94% of New York schools. Computed live against every New York school reporting to NCES.
NCES ID 362307003232 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Enrollment
199
New York · 2024-25 NCES data
Teachers (FTE)
29.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
6.9:1
vs 11.8:1 New York avg
-42% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
51.6%
vs 56.2% New York avg
-8% vs state
How Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School compares with New York and U.S. medians
Smaller classes than state median
6.9:1 - 4.9 below the New York state median of 11.8:1, indicating smaller average class loads than typical schools in the state.
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in South Dayton, New York, enrolling 199 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 6.9:1, Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School is leaner than roughly 94% of New York schools and 42% under the state's 11.8:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 51.6% lands close to the New York typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 199 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 273 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #91.
Its student body is predominantly White (89% of enrollment), among the less diverse in the state (diversity index 20/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 100 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 39.7% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Its district draws 15.1% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.
The federal civil-rights collection also records 34 expulsions at this campus for 2021-22.
Its district, Pine Valley Central School District (South Dayton), also runs Pine Valley Elementary School (319 students).
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
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High 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 | 6.9:1 | ▼ 42% | 11.8:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 51.6% | ▼ 8% | 56.2% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 199 | top 90% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
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.
Largest group: White at 89.4% of enrollment.
Simpson diversity index - at 19.5, Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School is less mixed than the New York school average of 45.5.
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Pine Valley Central School District (South Dayton), which includes Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School.
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.
| School | Enrollment | Economic Profile | Student-Teacher Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Valley Elementary School | Larger | Similar economic need | Higher S:T ratio |
Comparisons are relative to Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.
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
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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.
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School has 199 students enrolled. It is a public school in South Dayton, NY.
The student-teacher ratio at Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School is 6.9:1, which is 42% lower than the New York average of 11.8:1 and 56% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
51.6% of students at Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New York average of 56.2%.
The largest demographic group at Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School is White at 89.4% of enrollment, in South Dayton, NY.
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School has a Resource Investment Index of 46/100 (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).
Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School earns 46/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 94% 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.
Besides Pine Valley Central Junior-Senior High School, Pine Valley Central School District (South Dayton) also operates Pine Valley Elementary School (319 students). See the Pine Valley Central School District (South Dayton) district page for the complete list.
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