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Hermon-Dekalb Central School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12
1123rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,445 New York Alternative Schools
Better than 54% of New York alternative schools
Summary

Hermon-Dekalb Central School is an alternative public school serving grades PK-12 in De Kalb Junction, NY, with 371 students. While the school has seen improvements in recent years, it continues to face challenges, including lower graduation rates, higher dropout and chronic absenteeism rates, and below-average test scores compared to the state.

Hermon-Dekalb Central School's 4-year graduation rates have ranged from 81.2% to 89.6% over the past few years, which are generally lower than the state average of around 80%. The school's dropout rates have also been higher than the state average, ranging from 4.4% to 9.3%. Additionally, Hermon-Dekalb Central has had chronic absenteeism rates between 30.4% and 35.7% in recent years, significantly higher than the state average. On state assessments, the school's proficiency rates, especially in math, are below the state averages. For example, the school's projected 8th grade math proficiency rate for 2024-2025 is only 21.74%, compared to the state average of 46.74%.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Heuvelton Central School, which is about 11 miles away, Hermon-Dekalb Central School generally has lower test scores, higher chronic absenteeism, and higher dropout rates. The school's high per-student spending, which has increased from $12,688 in 2020-2021 to $30,120 in 2023-2024, has not yet translated into improved academic outcomes. While Hermon-Dekalb Central School is an alternative school, its performance lags behind the state averages and nearby traditional public schools, suggesting the need to explore the unique needs and challenges of alternative schools to better support student success.

363
Students ?
9.9
Student/teacher ratio ?
$31,230
Per pupil spending ?
49.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 709 E Dekalb Rd
       De Kalb Junction, NY  13630-0213

(315) 347-3442

District: Hermon-Dekalb Central School District

Racial breakdown:

White:
95.6%
African American:
1.9%
Hispanic:
1.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 54th percentile in 2025 → 40th in 2025
Strengths
96% graduate in 4 years — above the New York average (83%)
Above the New York median (54th percentile)
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped from its 54th-percentile peak (2025) to 40th (2025)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!Common Core English Language Arts scores 21 pts below the New York average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school54%
District avg53%
New York avg59%
Elementary school
1,123rd of 2,445
New York public elementary schools ?
Top 46%▲ up 22 pts since 2015
From bottom 33% (2015) to top 46% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
784th of 1,500
New York public middle schools ?
Bottom 48%▲ up 15 pts since 2015
From bottom 33% (2015) to bottom 48% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
740th of 1,234
New York public high schools ?
Bottom 40%▼ down 9 pts since 2015
From bottom 49% (2015) to bottom 40% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202553.11123 of 244554.1%★★★☆☆
202442.01386 of 244543.3%★★☆☆☆
202333.31643 of 243932.6%★★☆☆☆
202234.31646 of 243432.4%★★☆☆☆
202139.21391 of 220136.8%★★☆☆☆
201924.21875 of 241322.3%★☆☆☆☆
201823.41952 of 239518.5%★☆☆☆☆
201727.01825 of 238623.5%★☆☆☆☆
201626.81796 of 236624.1%★☆☆☆☆
201534.61587 of 235232.5%★★☆☆☆
201425.91832 of 234521.9%★☆☆☆☆
201338.01471 of 232536.7%★★☆☆☆
201234.51663 of 232028.3%★☆☆☆☆
201132.01710 of 228625.2%★☆☆☆☆
201048.21333 of 226341.1%★★☆☆☆
200946.31497 of 225733.7%★★☆☆☆
200856.41196 of 222746.3%★★☆☆☆
200755.51206 of 221945.7%★★☆☆☆
200664.6946 of 220657.1%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202541.81414 of 240941.3%★★☆☆☆
202439.71450 of 241339.9%★★☆☆☆
202328.41788 of 240325.6%★☆☆☆☆
202226.71853 of 240122.8%★☆☆☆☆
202140.11204 of 195538.4%★★☆☆☆
201940.11410 of 235740.2%★★☆☆☆
201829.91764 of 233824.6%★☆☆☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202258.2202 of 62267.5%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202548.1991 of 209852.8%★★★☆☆
202439.31215 of 207841.5%★★☆☆☆
202335.31304 of 204136.1%★★☆☆☆
202233.41441 of 209931.3%★★☆☆☆
202148.3825 of 167850.8%★★★☆☆
201923.81664 of 203218.1%★☆☆☆☆
201822.31774 of 204513.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202564.2805 of 240766.6%★★★☆☆
202443.91324 of 241145.1%★★☆☆☆
202341.41383 of 240042.4%★★☆☆☆
202245.11301 of 240045.8%★★☆☆☆
202136.51307 of 196133.4%★★☆☆☆
201919.51994 of 235815.4%★☆☆☆☆
201820.32008 of 234014.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202243.7980 of 203151.7%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202523.91130 of 140219.4%★☆☆☆☆
202426.01096 of 139221.3%★☆☆☆☆
202130.3914 of 122425.3%★☆☆☆☆
201911.51255 of 13386.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20189.81342 of 14084.7%☆☆☆☆☆
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202546.9784 of 150047.7%★★☆☆☆
202437.2975 of 150435.2%★★☆☆☆
202339.0938 of 150037.5%★★☆☆☆
202233.9998 of 147932.5%★★☆☆☆
202140.0744 of 124240.1%★★☆☆☆
201924.61128 of 143921.6%★☆☆☆☆
201824.01147 of 143820.2%★☆☆☆☆
201734.6956 of 145534.3%★★☆☆☆
201636.1930 of 142934.9%★★☆☆☆
201534.5947 of 140732.7%★★☆☆☆
201430.01000 of 140128.6%★☆☆☆☆
201329.4986 of 137328.2%★☆☆☆☆
201240.9870 of 133734.9%★★☆☆☆
201152.0712 of 129545.0%★★☆☆☆
201052.2702 of 124343.5%★★☆☆☆
200965.2549 of 122455.1%★★★☆☆
200865.0518 of 118556.3%★★★☆☆
200760.4535 of 112352.4%★★★☆☆
200659.5506 of 109553.8%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202541.5886 of 145739.2%★★☆☆☆
202428.91107 of 146524.4%★☆☆☆☆
202341.7868 of 146340.7%★★☆☆☆
202250.5690 of 145452.5%★★★☆☆
202160.1356 of 106666.6%★★★☆☆
201936.6890 of 137035.0%★★☆☆☆
201828.21051 of 135322.3%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202530.7944 of 128326.4%★☆☆☆☆
202440.4776 of 129640.1%★★☆☆☆
202335.8880 of 128831.7%★★☆☆☆
202239.2760 of 130641.8%★★☆☆☆
202149.8398 of 93557.4%★★★☆☆
201921.61080 of 124113.0%★☆☆☆☆
201824.21055 of 124515.3%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202551.9655 of 145555.0%★★★☆☆
202445.2772 of 146447.3%★★☆☆☆
202337.7937 of 146436.0%★★☆☆☆
202226.81137 of 145521.9%★☆☆☆☆
202118.6952 of 107111.1%★☆☆☆☆
201922.61118 of 136618.2%★☆☆☆☆
201822.21137 of 135215.9%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202455.2423 of 130367.5%★★★☆☆
202236.8794 of 128338.1%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202420.6673 of 77813.5%★☆☆☆☆
202350.7383 of 77250.4%★★★☆☆
202135.4425 of 61430.8%★★☆☆☆
20197.5700 of 7162.2%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202540.9740 of 123440.0%★★☆☆☆
202452.4619 of 124250.2%★★★☆☆
202347.7666 of 122845.8%★★☆☆☆
202234.8777 of 119034.7%★★☆☆☆
202154.7275 of 51947.0%★★☆☆☆
201959.3551 of 120754.3%★★★☆☆
201853.6618 of 121048.9%★★☆☆☆
201744.4692 of 122143.3%★★☆☆☆
201642.1752 of 125540.1%★★☆☆☆
201551.4644 of 125548.7%★★☆☆☆
201461.6452 of 123763.5%★★★☆☆
201367.9390 of 121768.0%★★★☆☆
201269.0335 of 119872.0%★★★★☆
201176.3102 of 116591.2%★★★★★
201055.1557 of 111750.1%★★★☆☆
200966.9292 of 108673.1%★★★★☆
200861.6439 of 102757.3%★★★☆☆
200764.2344 of 100265.7%★★★☆☆
200670.5180 of 98681.7%★★★★☆
200559.3424 of 93554.7%★★★☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202550.5630 of 120647.8%★★☆☆☆
202469.4343 of 121971.9%★★★★☆
202359.9515 of 119757.0%★★★☆☆
202233.2778 of 115532.6%★★☆☆☆
201952.6637 of 119346.6%★★☆☆☆
201858.9525 of 117655.4%★★★☆☆

Homeless

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202356.7156 of 53170.6%★★★★☆
201860.1157 of 49868.5%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202525.6903 of 117923.4%★☆☆☆☆
202443.3655 of 117044.0%★★☆☆☆
202347.4584 of 115549.4%★★☆☆☆
202229.3795 of 110127.8%★☆☆☆☆
202167.370 of 28975.8%★★★★☆
201955.9501 of 117957.5%★★★☆☆
201857.1467 of 115459.5%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202534.9790 of 120134.2%★★☆☆☆
202440.7727 of 121140.0%★★☆☆☆
202337.4739 of 119138.0%★★☆☆☆
202237.5722 of 115437.4%★★☆☆☆
201964.1437 of 119063.3%★★★☆☆
201849.5651 of 117644.6%★★☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202424.57 of 70.0%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202532.4783 of 114931.9%★★☆☆☆
202440.9623 of 114445.5%★★☆☆☆
202338.1664 of 113041.2%★★☆☆☆
202226.2787 of 103824.2%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankNew York percentileRating
202427.0630 of 78119.3%★☆☆☆☆
202330.4599 of 77622.8%★☆☆☆☆
202218.9654 of 73811.4%★☆☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Elementary school
Homeless (2022)68th percentile+35 vs school
Male (2025)67th percentile+12 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)53rd percentile~ school
Special Education (2022)52nd percentile+19 vs school
Female (2025)41st percentile-13 vs school
White (2025)19th percentile-35 vs school
Middle school
Special Education (2024)68th percentile+32 vs school
Male (2025)55th percentile+7 vs school
Female (2025)39th percentile-9 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile-21 vs school
White (2024)13th percentile-22 vs school
High school
Homeless (2023)71st percentile+25 vs school
Female (2025)48th percentile+8 vs school
Male (2025)34th percentile-6 vs school
Special Education (2025)32nd percentile-8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)23rd percentile-17 vs school
White (2024)19th percentile-31 vs school
Migrant (2024)<1st percentile-50 vs school
By subject vs New York (2024-2025) ?
Common Core Algebra II94%+19 vs state
Algebra I68%+11 vs state
Global History and Geography62%-14 vs state
U.S. History and Government62%-13 vs state
Earth Science58%-7 vs state
Living Environment57%~ state avg
Chemistry56%-8 vs state
Common Core English Language Arts54%-21 vs state
Science52%+8 vs state
English Language Arts52%~ state avg
Geometry47%-13 vs state
Math44%-11 vs state

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Hermon-Dekalb Central School ranks 1123rd of 2445 New York alternative schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2024-25 school year, 363 students attended Hermon-Dekalb Central School.

Students at Hermon-Dekalb Central School are 96% White, 2% African American, 2% Hispanic.


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