Oswego Boces

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PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL → ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL → MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL → HANNIBAL HIGH SCHOOL → SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL → JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOL → SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL → CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL →

At a glance

Programs & features

Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)

Academic signals

AP rigor: Bottom 44% of US high schools

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Oswego Boces compares for families

Solid mid-tier academic profile.

▸ LocallyNY sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL, ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL, MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

SAT/ACT test-takers

11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test

Test-taking intensity

0.0

takers per 100 students in grades 9-12

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

‍ Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)

17.9%

Typical mix. Watch the trend — high turnover can compound.

% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)

34.9%

Elevated. Teacher absence directly affects classroom continuity and student outcomes.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

Your state's public flagship

Stony Brook University

49%

admit rate

$10,931

in-state tuition/yr · $32,741 out-of-state

1320–1490

SAT 25–75 · ACT 28–33

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Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Pay for college in New York

New York's public scholarships

New York's Excelsior Scholarship makes SUNY and CUNY tuition-free for middle-income families — there's no GPA or test gate, but you commit to staying in New York after you graduate.

Promise Excelsior Scholarship

Free SUNY/CUNY tuition (last-dollar, up to $5,500/yr)

Income: Household AGI ≤ $125,000

Tuition-free SUNY/CUNY for NY families under $125k AGI — no GPA or test gate, but you must stay on track and live in New York after graduating. (Stay on-track (30 credits/yr); live & work in NY afterward for the years you received it.)

Official program details ↗

Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-10-21.

Counselor capacity

Student : Counselor

26:1

Below the ASCA 250:1 recommendation — strong capacity for college planning, course selection, and student supports.

Counselor FTE

16.5

Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.

Teacher FTE

104

Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Enrollment trend & projection

Grade 12 went from 112 in 2021 to 89 in 2024 — over 3 years.

-20.5%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +4.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 425 students:

2025

445

2027

490

2029

538

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Most similar nearby high schools

The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.

School	Type	Miles	HS enrollment	Trend
PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL PULASKI	Public	9.4	294	-2.0%
ALTMAR-PARISH-WILLIAMSTOWN JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL PARISH	Public	10.4	261	-26.5%
MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL MEXICO	Public	1.2	615	+7.3%
HANNIBAL HIGH SCHOOL HANNIBAL	Public	18.7	327	-9.4%
SANDY CREEK HIGH SCHOOL SANDY CREEK	Public	16.0	224	+13.1%
JOHN C BIRDLEBOUGH HIGH SCHOOL PHOENIX	Public	15.5	466	-2.5%
SYRACUSE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE CHARTER SCHOOL SYRACUSE	Public · charter	28.3	293	+2.4%
CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CATO	Public	24.5	244	-1.2%

At a glance

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Oswego Boces is a public high school in Mexico, NY, enrolling 425 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

Enrollment is down 20% from 2021 to 2024.

It has about 26 students per school counselor.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.

Questions families ask

How many students attend Oswego Boces? Oswego Boces is a public high school in Mexico, NY, enrolling 425 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.

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