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Schools in Georgetown

Georgetown’s public schools

Georgetown-South Otselic Central School District and DeRuyter Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Georgetown. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/2schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 87% 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

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
27%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$34.8K
▲ 1% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024 · DeRuyter Central
Students per teacher
8.4
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
380 students on the public path
In brief

Georgetown’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Georgetown’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Deruyter Elementary School places highest (better than 18%); Otselic Valley Central School lowest (16%). 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 Georgetown, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–122 schoolsDepends on your addressC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Georgetown-South Otselic Central School District.

Two districts serve Georgetown

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Georgetown-South Otselic Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 261 students, down 14% since 2020–21 · 10.9 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$40,138NY $34,607 · FY2024
D
DeRuyter Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 306 students, down 10% since 2020–21 · 7.0 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$34,798NY $34,607 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Georgetown-South Otselic Central School District32%
State average 48.9% · 140 students tested
Math · PK–12, Georgetown-South Otselic Central School District27%
State average 46.5% · 134 students tested
Reading · PK–12, DeRuyter Central School District37%
State average 48.9% · 148 students tested
Math · PK–12, DeRuyter Central School District42%
State average 46.5% · 153 students tested

Georgetown vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New York towns that share Georgetown’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Georgetown—Georgetown-South Otselic Central PK–12 · DeRuyter Central PK–12
DeRuyterCDeRuyter Central
NelsonB+Cazenovia Central PK–12 · Morrisville-Eaton Central PK–12
LebanonB−Sherburne-Earlville Central PK–12 · Hamilton Central PK–12
Otselic—Georgetown-South Otselic Central

Every school in Georgetown

2 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).

Also serving Georgetownin other towns
Otselic Valley Central School
Grades PK–12 · South Otselic
C−
261 students11:1Rate it →
Deruyter Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Deruyter
C−
119 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Georgetown’s schools

Are Georgetown’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Georgetown. Georgetown-South Otselic Central School District and DeRuyter Central School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Georgetown. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Georgetown in?

Georgetown-South Otselic Central School District and DeRuyter Central School District.

Where do Georgetown kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Otselic Valley Central School and Deruyter Elementary 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.