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Schools in South Cairo

South Cairo’s public schools

Cairo-Durham Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Cairo. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above New York’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 83% 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
38%
2021–22
Math proficiency
33%
2021–22
Graduate on time
77%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$29.8K
▼ 14% vs NY $34.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.6
NY 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,037 students on the public path
In brief

South Cairo’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of South Cairo’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s 4,095 public schools. Cairo-Durham High School places highest (better than 93%); Cairo-Durham Elementary School lowest (18%). 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 South Cairo, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Cairo-Durham Elementary Schoolin CairoC−
6–8Cairo-Durham Middle Schoolin CairoC−
9–12Cairo-Durham High Schoolin CairoA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Cairo-Durham Central School District.

The district

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

Cairo-Durham Central School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,037 students, down 6% since 2020–21 · 8.6 per teacher (NY 11.2)
$29,830NY $34,607 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 48.9% · 453 students tested
Math33%
State average 46.5% · 478 students tested

South Cairo vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
South Cairo—Cairo-Durham Central
AthensCCoxsackie-Athens Central PK–12 · Catskill Central PK–12
CatskillCCatskill Central

Every school in South Cairo

3 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 South Cairoin other towns
Cairo-Durham Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cairo
C−
432 students10:1Rate it →
Cairo-Durham Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Cairo
C−
272 students8:1Rate it →
Cairo-Durham High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Cairo
A
333 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about South Cairo’s schools

Are South Cairo’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for South Cairo. Cairo-Durham Central School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for South Cairo. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New York’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is South Cairo in?

Cairo-Durham Central School District.

Where do South Cairo kids go to high school?

Cairo-Durham High School.

Parents talk

What South Cairo 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.