Tioughnioga Riverside Academy, Whitney Point NY

Original Research by School Decision on Tioughnioga Riverside Academy

Tioughnioga Riverside Academy is the fourth-through-eighth-grade building in the Whitney Point Central School District, sitting on a campus near Whitney Point Lake at the edge of a small village in northern Broome County. The school serves students who arrive from surrounding rural and small-town communities, with the Tioughnioga and Otselic Rivers meeting nearby and Interstate 81 passing along the western edge of the area.

The student body is predominantly white, and a majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a share that sits in the range typical of smaller rural districts in this part of New York. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the data provided. The school's enrollment spans all five tested grade levels and is roughly mid-sized for a 4-8 building in a small rural district.

On state assessments, results from the most recent testing year are mixed and vary noticeably by grade and subject. In English language arts, proficiency is lowest in fourth grade and eighth grade, with middle grades performing somewhat better. Math results follow a slightly different pattern: fifth, seventh, and eighth graders reach roughly half of students at proficiency, while fourth and sixth graders come in below that, with the sixth-grade math rate being the lowest across all subjects and grades tested. Science proficiency at fifth grade sits in the mid-forties, while eighth-grade science comes in lower. Across tested subjects and grades combined, the school's overall proficiency index lands just above the midpoint relative to districts in Broome County. Parents who want a fuller picture of how their child's grade-level performance might develop would do well to ask the school directly, particularly given the softer results at the transitions into fourth and out of eighth grade.

Social studies testing data from the current state assessment cycle was not available; the only social studies figures in the data are from a much earlier testing year and use a different assessment structure, so they are not comparable.

A district-wide capital project approved by voters a few years ago has already made concrete changes to this building. Publicly reported construction records indicate that Tioughnioga Riverside Academy received a new STEAM classroom, building-wide HVAC upgrades, a new secure entrance vestibule, and improved ADA accessibility as part of that project. Separately, a federally funded initiative through Binghamton University Community Schools has expanded mental health social work support specifically to Whitney Point's middle and high school, part of a regional effort to reach high-needs rural districts facing provider shortages. Both changes are worth noting for families who care about facility quality and student support infrastructure.

No graduation rate applies here because the school does not serve high school grades.

Whitney Point itself is a small village that functions as the commercial and civic hub for a larger rural swath of northern Broome County. The historic residential streets near Main Street and the Mary L. Wilcox Memorial Library are intact, and Dorchester Park on Whitney Point Lake provides outdoor recreation within reach. Most residents own their homes, and the housing market is notably affordable compared to both state and national benchmarks, with home values well below New York State norms, though the for-sale inventory is thin. The broader region has experienced long-run population loss, and the village's downtown was the subject of a strategic revitalization plan that has since brought some new businesses and building improvements. Larger employment tends to draw residents toward Binghamton and nearby cities rather than the village itself.

For a family weighing this school, the physical plant is freshly upgraded, mental health support has expanded, and the peer environment is that of a small rural district with a tight community identity. Academic proficiency sits near the county midpoint, with some grade levels performing more strongly than others.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

New York Regents Exams

2 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
Science	19	95.0%
Math	10	100.0%

Math

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 40%

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

Grade 553%

School 53% · District 52% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 633%

School 33% · District 32% · ▲ 1 pts above district

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

Grade 752%

School 52% · District 50% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 46% · ▲ 5 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 5 pts below county median

Grade 549%

School 49% · District 48% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 5 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 647%

School 47% · District 46% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 740%

School 40% · District 39% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 5 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 544%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 34% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▲ 3 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 585%

School 85% · district not reported

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

Grade 869%

School 69% · district not reported

▼ 9 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

This schoolWHITNEY POINT 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 4Lower-income31%Higher-income48%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income32%Higher-income67%35 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income32%Higher-income59%28 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income47%18 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income18%Higher-income45%28 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 4Lower-income22%Higher-income56%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income37%Higher-income69%33 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income21%Higher-income42%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income34%Higher-income64%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income35%Higher-income70%35 pp gap