Roxbury Central School, Roxbury NY

Original Research by School Decision on Roxbury Central School

Roxbury Central School is a small K-12 public school serving a rural Catskill hamlet in eastern Delaware County. The school is housed in a historic Tudor Revival building on Main Street at the heart of Roxbury's preserved downtown, adjacent to the Jay Gould Memorial Church and Kirkside Park. Enrollment is small, running just over two hundred students across all grades from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve, with a stable mix that includes a notable share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of Hispanic and multiracial students; data on special education and English learner enrollment was not available.

Academic performance across the school shows a consistent pattern of below-average proficiency on New York State assessments. In math, proficiency rates across tested elementary and middle grades range from roughly one in five students up to a little less than half, with the weakest results in grade seven and the strongest in grade four. In English language arts, the picture is similarly uneven: proficiency is weakest in grade six at roughly one in five students, stronger in grade four at around four in ten, and notably higher in grade eight at just over half. Science results show steeper variation, with grade five at roughly one in three and grade eight jumping to roughly seven in ten. The school's overall proficiency index places it below the midpoint among the county's other districts. Grade eight science stands as an outlier strength. The state testing data does not extend to high school grades, and no four-year graduation rate was provided, so a reader cannot assess how students fare in their final years or in college and career readiness. The school does not report specialized data on special education services or English learner support, making it difficult to evaluate how these populations are served.

The hamlet itself is a place of historic preservation and long-term stability. Roxbury's character is defined by 19th- and early-20th-century architecture, a compact walkable downtown centered on Main Street, and an economy built on small-scale employment in construction, public administration, and hospitality tied to tourism and nearby Plattekill Mountain ski resort. The town population is small and spread across roughly 87 square miles at low density. Housing values are moderate for the region, well below state and national benchmarks. The school sits within the community rather than apart from it, making it a civic anchor alongside the library and Kirkside Park. Growth and development pressure has been modest; the entire hamlet is listed on the State and National Registers, which has constrained large-scale redevelopment, though second-home and vacation real estate tied to regional tourism does occur.

A reader should note that current program offerings, staffing levels, special services, attendance data, discipline records, and any career or dual-credit pathways the school may offer were not available in the data provided, so a parent may want to request those details directly from the school to understand the full academic and support landscape. No recent district strategic priorities or major changes to school operations were identified either. For families drawn to a small, historic rural setting and a tight-knit community, this school offers that environment; for families focused primarily on test performance or worried about academic gaps, the current proficiency numbers merit a closer conversation with school leadership about instruction, curriculum, and support interventions in place.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=50%Cohort of 12 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
Ela	19	79.0%
Math	19	84.0%
Social Studies	18	78.0%
Science	6	83.0%

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 443%

School 43% · District 43%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 42%

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

Grade 631%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 15 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 329%

School 29% · District 29%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 441%

School 41% · District 39% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 618%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 722%

School 22% · District 22%

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 55%

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

Science

Grade 531%

School 31% · District 31%

▼ 10 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 73%

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

This schoolROXBURY 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 6Lower-income0%Higher-income38%38 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 6Lower-income25%Higher-income38%13 pp gap