Dolgeville Central School District

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Dolgeville Central School District
Location
Coordinates 43°06′15″N74°46′45″W / 43.10417°N 74.77917°W / 43.10417; -74.77917 (Dolgeville Central School District office)
District information
TypePublic
GradesK-12
SuperintendentJoseph Gilfus
Schools1
NCES District ID 3600001 [1] .
Students and staff
Students828 [1]
Teachers67.5 [1]
Student–teacher ratio12.27 [1]
District mascotBlue Devil
ColorsBlue and White   
Other information
Website Official website

Dolgeville Central School District is a school district in Herkimer County, New York and Fulton County, New York.

In Herkimer County it covers parts of the towns of Fairfield, Manheim, Salisbury. In Fulton County it covers parts of the towns of Ephratah, Oppenheim, and Stratford. [2] In Herkimer County covers that county's portion of Dolgeville, and all of Salisbury Center. [3] In Fulton County it covers that county's portion of Dolgeville. [4] The district extends into Morehouse, Hamilton County. [5]

It is part of Herkimer-Fulton-Hamilton-Otsego BOCES. The high school was built in 1954, and an attached elementary school was built in the 1980s after the Stratford school district was annexed. [6] The old elementary school building on Main Street remains vacant.

The district received statewide attention in 2015 when 89% of students opted out of standardized testing for third through eighth graders, tied with the Chateaugay district for highest opt-out rate in the state. [7] [8]

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References

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