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Waterford-Halfmoon Junior-Senior High School

Serves grades 7 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
125 Middletown Rd
Waterford, NY 12188
Phone
(518) 237-0800
District
WATERFORD-HALFMOON UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
SARATOGA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
339
Classroom Teachers
40

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New York

7

(10 is best)

Better than 68.8% of all NY schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

7

(10 is best)

Waterford-Halfmoon Junior-Senior High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 7

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
27%
42%
22%
48%
32%
36%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
54%
36%
53%
50%
54%
23%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Grade 10

100 80 60 40 20 0
81%
64%
81%
79%
81%
49%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
8
10
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 7 55 16.2%
Grade 8 60 17.7%
Grade 9 54 15.9%
Grade 10 60 17.7%
Grade 11 47 13.9%
Grade 12 60 17.7%
Total 339 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.6% 92.3% 42.7%
Black 2.2% 2.2% 16.7%
Hispanic 2.8% 3.4% 29.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.2% 1.6% 10.1%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.4% 1.0%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 28.6% 33.1% 51.9%
Free lunch eligible 28.6% 33.1% 49.3%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.0% 0.0% 2.6%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 6,185 19,677,151
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 838.1 415
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.7% 5.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.0% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD 23.9% 26.0%
65 OR OLDER 19.0% 17.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,642 7,604,523
Single Parent Households With Children 7.7% 7.8%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.8% 87.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.5% 38.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.8% 24.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.1% 16.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.6% 11.5%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.7% 14.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.5% 12.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 9.5% 10.4%
$15,000 or less 9.9% 9.9%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,757 $11,097,264 48.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,637 $1,231,024 5.3%
Staff $805 $605,360 2.6%
General Administration $5,491 $4,129,232 17.9%
School Administration $926 $696,352 3.0%
Operation $1,305 $981,360 4.2%
Transportation $1,839 $1,382,928 6.0%
Other $609 $457,968 2.0%
Total Support $12,610 $9,482,720 41.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,334 $2,507,168 10.9%
Total Expenditures $30,701 $23,087,152 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $10,076 $25,679,492,110 55.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $711 $1,811,195,610 3.9%
Staff $1,093 $2,785,174,478 6.0%
General Administration $369 $939,188,377 2.0%
School Administration $665 $1,695,918,538 3.6%
Operation $1,225 $3,122,121,555 6.7%
Transportation $822 $2,095,516,316 4.5%
Other $434 $1,104,814,866 2.4%
Total Support $5,318 $13,553,790,026 29.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,875 $7,327,505,512 15.7%
Total Expenditures $18,270 $46,560,743,229 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%