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JEFFERSON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-HERKIMER-ONEIDA BOCES

WATERTOWN · NY · JEFFERSON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-HERKIMER-ONEIDA BOCES · Public · K-12 combined

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Programs & features
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How JEFFERSON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-HERKIMER-ONEIDA BOCES compares for families

What families should know about JEFFERSON-LEWIS-HAMILTON-HERKIMER-ONEIDA BOCES.

  • LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Immaculate Heart Central Jr/Sr High School, WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21
SAT/ACT test-takers
0
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
0.0
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
0%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
25.0%
Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor
1335:1
Well above the US median — a real constraint on individualized college and course planning.
Counselor FTE
0.2
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
5
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +2.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 267 students:

2025
273
2027
285
2029
298

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Nearby high schools — the local competition

The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Immaculate Heart Central Jr/Sr High School
Watertown
Private 2.0 169 -58.0%
WATERTOWN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
WATERTOWN
Public 3.0 1,161 +9.7%
GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DEXTER
Public 3.9 450 +11.4%
Faith Fellowship Christian School
Watertown
Private 4.2 146 -9.9%
SACKETS HARBOR CENTRAL SCHOOL
SACKETS HARBOR
Public 7.7 137 +5.4%
Genesis School - Christian Life Center
Chaumont
Private 9.5 1
SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL
ADAMS
Public 10.1 565 +0.0%
LYME CENTRAL SCHOOL
CHAUMONT
Public 10.5 115 +12.7%

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