Photo: DVIDSHUB · CC BY 2.0Fort Drum’s public schools
Indian River Central School District and Carthage Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fort Drum. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 88% of students in New York’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Fort Drum’s schools, in brief
School by school
3 of Fort Drum’s 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Indian River High School places highest (better than 95%); Carthage Elementary School lowest (7%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
Eight elementary schools serve Fort Drum, graded from D to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then two middle schools and two high schools: Carthage Senior High School and Indian River High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Fort Drum, with each school’s own grade.
5th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 925 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River Intermediate School
Grades 4–5 · 565 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
6th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 925 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 730 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
7th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 925 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 730 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
8th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Middle School
Grades 5–8 · 925 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River Middle School
Grades 6–8 · 730 students · 10:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
9th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 887 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River High School
Grades 9–12 · 791 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
10th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 887 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River High School
Grades 9–12 · 791 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
11th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 887 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River High School
Grades 9–12 · 791 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
12th grade in Fort Drum · depends on your address
Carthage Senior High School
Grades 9–12 · 887 students · 12:1 students per teacher · in Carthage
Indian River High School
Grades 9–12 · 791 students · 11:1 students per teacher · in Philadelphia
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Indian River Central School District.
Two districts serve Fort Drum
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well below the state in reading
Fort Drum vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the New York towns that share Fort Drum’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Fort Drum | — | Indian River Central PK–12 · Carthage Central PK–12 |
| Le Ray | C+ | Indian River Central |
| Champion | B− | Carthage Central PK–12 · Copenhagen Central PK–12 |
| Black River | B− | Carthage Central |
2 of the 3 neighbors share Carthage Central with Fort Drum for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades.
Every school in Fort Drum
12 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New York’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Fort Drum’s schools
Are Fort Drum’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Fort Drum. Indian River Central School District and Carthage Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Fort Drum. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 3 of its 12 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Fort Drum in?
Indian River Central School District and Carthage Central School District.
Where do Fort Drum kids go to high school?
One of two high schools, depending on your address: Carthage Senior High School and Indian River High School.
Parents talk
What Fort Drum families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.