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Ripley, NY schools

Ripley’s public schools score above New York’s averages: 67% of students are proficient in reading against 62.4% statewide, and 95% of high schoolers graduate on time against 83.5%. Kids attend RIPLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL through grade 6, then SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

Ripley’s School Grade: B

The public schools Ripley’s kids attend outperform 63% of New York’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scores
New York school districts we grade (781)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
New York towns with similar household incomes (549)Better than 94%
Towns in Chautauqua County (27)Better than 85%
Good confidence. Built on 249 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
  • Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New York’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
  • The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
  • Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New York only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
  • Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New York with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
  • What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path

Where Ripley kids go to school

Grades PK–6
C+RIPLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL 147 students · Ripley Ripley Central School District
Grades 7–12
B+SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL 180 students · Sherman Sherman Central School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–6, Ripley Central)54.5%
State average 62.4%
Reading (grades 7–12, Sherman Central)67%
State average 62.4%
Math (grades PK–6, Ripley Central)44.5%
State average 55.9%
Math (grades 7–12, Sherman Central)63%
State average 55.9%
Graduation · class of 2020

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate
95%
NY: 83.5%
Graduating class
47
students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

Two districts serve Ripley

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 1 school in Ripley

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

Also serving Ripley

Schools Ripley kids attend in other towns

Public schools in Ripley’s district that are located in Sherman.

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