Newcomb Central School

5535 New York 28N

School District

Newcomb Central
Grade

PK, 1-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:4
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on November 04, 2019

Great. Raised 3 grandchildren that went to this school. When they went to college they were ahead of a great number of other students. There ability to give presentations were far above others.
Submitted by other on November 04, 2019

I'm very impressed with Newcomb CS and the Administrator. Mr. Skip Hults came up with the idea of bringing in foreign students, to introduce diversity into the small community. It's a win-win for the foreign students and for the Newcomb students and community.
Submitted by parent on November 04, 2019

Positive. have had 4 of my kids graduate the school.
Submitted by parent on November 04, 2019

An excellent education for myself this why I moved back to get the same education for my own children!
Submitted by parent on November 04, 2019

Newcomb Central School teaches to each child. They just this year took what could have been very negative - making sports teams without another school and turned it into a positive. The school has sought out sports that they can do alone and has really encouraged lots of team spirit. The deputy superintendent even dressed up as the mascot!
Submitted by student on October 30, 2019

Newcomb is what you make of it. You can have a negative view of the school but that just goes to show how many opportunities you decided to miss out on and how you didn't apply yourself and take advantage of how compassionate, understanding, and driven the faculty and staff is. At the time I didn't appreciate Newcomb for what it is. By senior year I really began to connect with certain teachers and they really had an impact on my life. Being able to graduate highschool with 50+ applicable college credits was an amazing opportunity.
Submitted by student on November 21, 2017

It was an amazing experience! I came out well prepared for college, I had great relationships with my teachers and fellow students, and I was offered many unique extracurricular activitiy opportunities. An amazing school with amazing people.
Submitted by parent on August 17, 2014

Very disappointing for good students. This schoo is great for troubled students because of small classes. But they don't take advantage of the small classes so each class advances at the pace of the slowest child. An awful place for very bright kids because of this and the limited course offerings. No AP or honors programs. Limited language classes. Teachers are nice but not particularly effective or inspiring.
Submitted by parent on May 26, 2013

What a disappointment. For a school with a $5.5 million budget, Newcomb does a mediocre job of educating its 65 or so resident students and puts most of its energy into begging students from outside the district to come bulk up the classrooms. End result is more students getting that mediocre education. The principal is a snake oil salesman, so take everything he says with a grain of salt.
Submitted by parent on December 04, 2012

We switched our kids to Newcomb Central School and are having second thoughts. The school has a friendly atmosphere but provides no instruction for students who are faster learners. The learning pace slogs on slowly, even with small classes. There might as well be 30 kids in the grade instead of just 5 or 6. The teachers are nice enough. The principal spends a lot of time recruiting temporary students from foreign countries. His monthly bulletins whine a lot about having to get work done. The parents and community show up and support the school no matter what goes on there. It's pretty mediocre which is too bad.
Submitted by parent on June 25, 2011

We switched our children to this school instead of a local school and it was the best decision we ever made concerning our children's education. They were taught by a 3-4 grade Master teacher and made significant gains academically, especialy in the core subject of ELA regarding reading and learning how to write a variety of reports and responses. The consistency, high expectations, structure, leadership, dedicated teaching and overall warm school environment at NCS shows! No school is perfect, all schools have "politics" but at NCS, the students' needs come first. It is night and day between the local school and NCS regarding teachers' union philosophy, BOE lack of support and weak leadership . NCS is the best "hidden secret in the Adirondacks!