Charlotte Valley School, Davenport NY

Original Research by School Decision on Charlotte Valley School

Charlotte Valley School serves students from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve in Davenport, a rural setting in Delaware County in the southern tier of New York. The school enrolls a small population across all grade bands, with most families white and a substantial share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The building itself is undergoing meaningful modernization after district voters approved a capital project in late 2022 that renovated the kitchen and cafeteria, created the school's first dedicated library and media center, enlarged music rooms, replaced an aging asphalt track with rubber surfacing, and upgraded windows and lighting throughout. The state reimbursement rate was substantial enough that capital reserves absorbed much of the tax impact, making this a genuine facility refresh for families considering the school.

The academic picture is mixed and warrants close attention. In the elementary grades, third and fourth graders show proficiency in math in the higher ranges, with performance dropping noticeably by fifth grade. English language arts trails math across most grades. By middle school, the pattern deepens: sixth-grade proficiency in math falls to less than half of students, and seventh-grade math proficiency drops to a low level. Eighth-grade results show some recovery in both math and science. State testing data for high school grades was not available; students in the ninth through twelfth grade band are not assessed by New York's state system at those grade levels, so no comparable proficiency measures exist for those years. When averaged across all tested grades and subjects, Charlotte Valley sits above the midpoint among the county's districts in overall proficiency, but the trajectory within the school dips significantly in the middle grades, particularly in grades six and seven.

Enrollment is small and stable. The school runs from a single facility that now serves the whole K-12 pipeline, which shapes both program continuity and resource allocation. The district has also entered a four-year athletic merger with a neighboring district beginning in the 2026-27 school year. This restructuring will combine teams and coordinate scheduling, reshaping extracurricular life for student-athletes in ways a family weighing athletic opportunities should understand directly with the school. A parent interested in the high school program, graduation outcomes, or more detailed course and support offerings would want to speak with the district, as that information was not available in the sourced data. Staff counts, English learner and special education populations, and chronic absenteeism data were similarly missing.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

<=20%Cohort of 22 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,253 schools plotted. 14 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

New York Regents Exams

4 courses reported · 2024-25

End-of-course exams required for a New York Regents diploma. Each row shows the cohort size and the share of students scoring at the proficient level or higher.

Course	Students tested	% proficient
Social Studies	30	63.0%
Ela	25	68.0%
Science	21	33.0%
Math	7	71.0%

Math

Grade 377%

School 77% · District 72% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

Grade 486%

School 86% · District 86%

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 548%

School 48% · District 48%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 642%

School 42% · District 40% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 713%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 40 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 847%

School 47% · District 44% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 365%

School 65% · District 61% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 20 pts above county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 12 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 546%

School 46% · District 46%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 733%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 7 pts below county median

Grade 831%

School 31% · District 29% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Science

Grade 538%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 4 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 865%

School 65% · District 61% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolCHARLOTTE VALLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income67%Higher-income63%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income40%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income55%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income42%Higher-income33%8 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income40%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income17%Higher-income40%23 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income67%Higher-income88%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income75%Higher-income100%25 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income60%20 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income20%Higher-income0%20 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income80%Higher-income30%50 pp gap