High · New York
Waterford-Halfmoon Junior-Senior High School
Free meals for allWaterford-Halfmoon Junior-Senior High School, a public high school in Waterford, New York: grades 7–12, 330 students, 8.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District.
Size and class size
Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 330
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.0
- Students per teacher
- 8.0
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in New York
Median 10.8 · 1,173 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 90% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Smaller than 72% of high schools in New York
Median 459 · 1,205 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on New York's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
New York: 53%37%proficient
−5.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 78% of high schools in New York
Median 48% · 299 high schools compared
71 students tested, grades 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
New York: 55%76%proficient
+13.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 91% of high schools in New York
Median 49% · 297 high schools compared
62 students tested, grades 7, 8 · NYSTP; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- In person
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Rural area near a city
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Waterford-Halfmoon Union Free School District.
Location
- Address
- 125 Middletown Rd, Waterford, NY 12188
- Phone
- (518)237-0800
- County
- Saratoga County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cohoes High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 607 | 11.5 | — | — |
Lansingburgh Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 625 | 10.7 | — | — |
Watervliet Junior-Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 785 | 12.5 | 32% | 24% |
Troy High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,193 | 11.8 | — | — |
Mechanicville Junior/Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 6–12 | 717 | 12.4 | 40% | 46% |
Shaker High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 2,138 | 12.1 | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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