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What's something ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
491
High
DISTRICT 338 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360237000007
ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
1 COLWELL ST, ADDISON, NY 14801 · (607) 359-2241 · Steuben County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL491 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New York public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
264 students
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 58%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 73 | 15% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 7% · STATE 72% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
44.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
48.6%
NY avg 57.4% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 48.6% |
| 2023-24 | 42.4% | 45.4% |
% Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New York's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 491 | 53.8% | 45.0% |
| GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL GOUVERNEUR | 450 | 56.4% | 62.2% |
| WAVERLY HIGH SCHOOL WAVERLY | 481 | 50.1% | 71.0% |
| PULASKI MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL PULASKI | 507 | 50.1% | 52.5% |
| CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CANISTEO | 450 | 57.6% | 62.6% |
| WHITNEY POINT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WHITNEY POINT | 393 | 53.4% | 68.2% |
Matched among New York high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Steuben County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #832 of 1,135 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.6% | #620 of 1,109 ▲ 76 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,016 of 1,135 ▲ 47 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 491 | #556 of 1,216 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #292 of 1,058 | #2 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.9% | #1,034 of 1,070 | #6 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #652 of 1,167 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.5% | #359 of 743 | #3 of 8 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
491
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 491 | 49.5 | 9.9:1 | 54% (264) |
| 2023-24 | 515 | 49.9 | 10.3:1 | 45% (234) |
| 2022-23 | 546 | 48.6 | 11.2:1 | 43% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 49 | 11.1:1 | 50% (274) |
| 2017-18 | 561 | 49 | 11.4:1 | 53% (299) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 48 | 11.9:1 | 56% (318) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 45 | 11.7:1 | 52% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 52 | 11.7:1 | 40% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 51 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school located in ADDISON, New York. The school had 491 students in grades 6 through 12 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 26% smaller than that.
Across its 3 schools, ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT enrolls 1,014 students. ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
White students make up 96% of enrollment at ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL. Pick two students at random and there is an 8% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 49.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.9:1. On average, high schools in New York have 11.0:1, compared with 9.9:1 here. The school's lunch program data list 54% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is C-. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 18% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 45.0% actual against 55.2% predicted.
Within Steuben County, the median household income is $65,887, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. In all, Steuben County has 34 public schools and roughly 13,701 students.
The shortest distance from ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment at ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL dropped 10% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 546 to 491 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.1:1 to 9.9:1.
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Steuben County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,588
Census ACS
Median income
$65,887
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
13,701 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 429 students
- VALLEY EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOLElementary · 94 students
Nearby schools
- TUSCARORA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 429
- ERWIN VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 378
- SCHUYLER-STEUBEN-CHEMUNG-TIOGA-ALLEGANY BOCES7.7 mi · 535
- CORNING-PAINTED POST MIDDLE SCHOOL8.1 mi · 925
- CORNING PAINTED POST HIGH SCHOOL LEARNING CENTER8.2 mi · 24
- CALVIN U SMITH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL8.6 mi · 262
Frequently asked questions
About ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 491 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
At ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 96% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ADDISON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by ADDISON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.