Gayhead School
Hopewell Junction, NY · Middle School
Gayhead School is a middle school in Hopewell Junction, NY with 835 students enrolled and a 63% proficiency rate. Part of Wappingers Central School District. NCES data from the U.S. Department of Education.
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About This School
Gayhead School is a middle school located in Hopewell Junction, New York. The school serves 835 students. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1.
According to EDFacts assessment data, 63% of students meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading.
16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Gayhead School is part of the Wappingers Central School District in New York.
How This School Compares
Gayhead School has 835 students enrolled, making it larger than the average school in Wappingers Central School District (686 students). Its 63% proficiency rate is 3 percentage points above the district average of 60%. Compared to the New York state average of 47%, the school performs 16 points higher.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Gayhead School has 835 students enrolled. The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.2:1.
According to EDFacts data, 63% of students at Gayhead School meet grade-level proficiency standards in combined math and reading assessments.
Gayhead School is part of the Wappingers Central School District in Hopewell Junction, New York. You can view all schools in this district on the district page.
All data on this page comes from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessment results. These are official federal datasets published by the U.S. Department of Education.
School profiles are built from NCES directory data and EDFacts assessment results. Proficiency rates reflect combined math and reading performance. Graduation rates are reported for high schools with available data.
this entity is one of the data points covered by this site’s U.S. K-12 school outcomes and enrollment dataset. The detail above comes directly from NCES Common Core of Data and EDFacts; the context that follows situates the headline numbers against the broader distribution across U.S. public schools and districts.
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data, 2026.