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Washingtonville Senior High School

54 West Main Street, Washingtonville, NY, 10992-1493 -

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Definition of Terms

Washingtonville Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Orange County, NY

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1709 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

112 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 404 students

Grade 10 - 431 students

Grade 11 - 473 students

Grade 12 - 401 students

This School

(NY) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:15

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NY) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	1%
% Asian	2%	4%
% Hispanic	11%	17%
% Black	6%	19%
% White	81%	58%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NY) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

28%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NY) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Washingtonville Central School District

This School's Agency

(NY) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	5	4
Number of Students Managed	4,973 students	2,265 students
District Total Revenue	$64,575,000	$31,819,000
District Expenditure	$67,104,000	$31,869,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,985	$14,048
District Expenditure / Student	$13,494	$14,070
District Graduation Rates	94%	97%

Washingtonville Senior High School is located on NY 94 in the town of Washingtonville, New York. It is the high school for the Washingtonville Central School District.
The adjacent middle school was once the high school.
WHS has received accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. Washingtonville High School has set forth three particular goals:1) Students will demonstrate increased academic performance (i.e. achieving mastery rate (85%) on NYS Regents Examinations).2) Students will demonstrate preparation for and motivation to study at more rigorous levels of learning (i.e. Advanced Placement/College Courses).3) Students will be engaged within a positive social and emotional environment.
The school recently completed an addition to the school. While expected to take longer, the construction only took six months. The construction date range was June 2006 to January 2007. The fastest floor to be built was the 2^nd floor, which was built in under a minute.
Notable alumni
Scott Pioli, Class of 1983, General Manager, Kansas City Chiefs
Dwone Hicks, Former Running Back, Tennessee Titans. Hicks played a short time in 1996 at Washingtonville High School where he holds the school's single game rushing record (27 carries for 391 yards).
Michael Knight, Class of 1996, contestant on third season of Project Runway.
Richard Shea, Class of 1987, co-founder of the IFOCE.
Tony Gilroy, Class of 1974, Writer, producer, director. (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Identity, Proof of Life, The Devil's Advocate, Michael Clayton part of the movie was filmed in Orange County). However, Tony never received a diploma from WHS, and there is no picture of him in the 1971, 1972, 1973, or 1974 yearbooks.
Not true. Tony is on pp 84 in the 1973 yearbook ****
James Mangold, Class of 1981, screenwriter, director. (Walk the Line, 10 to Yuma, Cop Land).
Anthony Devito, Class of 1990, professional wrestler. Wrestled for WWE(when known as WWF), ECW and numerous smaller federations. Was in the tag team "The Baldies".
Also Ralph Mosca AKA "Roughhouse" who also wrestled for the WWE (WWF) is still actively involved and now promotes for the WWE developmental league in Tampa Florida.
Tom Judson, Class of 1978, actor, writer, composer. As "Gus Mattox", he won "Performer of the Year" at the 2006 GayVN Awards.
Bill L. Behrendt, Class of 1976, actor, composer. Actor in Ravage, The Movie , Angel Of Music and currently a cast member of The Steve And Kathy Show
Mel Gibson attended in 1968 as a sixth grade student. He would have finished in 1974 had he not moved with his family to Australia. Coincidentally, that was the same year for Tony Gilroy.
Andy Clyne, the man, the myth, the legend
External links
School website

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