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Enrollment
488
High
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360255000039
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
13190 PARK ST, ALDEN, NY 14004 · (716) 937-9116 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New York public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
14.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
129 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 9 | 124 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 113 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 127 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 4 | 1% |
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · 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 ALDEN 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
89.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.0pp since 2023
Math
75.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +12.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 12 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 63.0% |
% 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
83.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (83.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 488 | 26.4% | 83.2% |
| CAZENOVIA HIGH SCHOOL CAZENOVIA | 560 | 27.1% | 82.8% |
| ALEXANDER MIDDLE SCHOOL-HIGH SCHOOL ALEXANDER | 403 | 25.1% | 61.6% |
| MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL MARCELLUS | 435 | 23.0% | 84.6% |
| STILLWATER MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL STILLWATER | 490 | 31.0% | 60.7% |
| MAPLE HILL JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CASTLETON | 399 | 23.1% | 72.4% |
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 ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 83.2% | #133 of 1,135 | #10 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #198 of 1,109 ▲ 262 | #14 of 51 ▲ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #203 of 1,135 ▼ 167 | #12 of 51 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #561 of 1,216 | #34 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #945 of 1,058 | #50 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.1% | #1,021 of 1,070 | #50 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #1,042 of 1,167 | #45 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #380 of 743 | #21 of 35 |
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
488
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 559
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 488 | 34.5 | 14.1:1 | 26% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 34.3 | 14.4:1 | 28% (137) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 36.2 | 13.8:1 | 26% (128) |
| 2020-21 | 497 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 25% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 552 | 40 | 13.8:1 | 20% (110) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 23% (132) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 42 | 15.0:1 | 24% (151) |
| 2000-01 | 670 | 51 | 13.1:1 | 12% (83) |
| 1990-91 | 559 | 48 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
As a low-enrollment high school, ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students in ALDEN, New York. The school's enrollment of 488 students covers grades 9 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports to ALDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 4 schools and 1,474 students.
The large majority of students at ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 95%, are White. The school's White share is 22 points above the 74% share among Erie County residents. ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 9%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 34.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.1:1. The average ratio among high schools in New York is 11.0:1, lower than at this school. ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 26%. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Erie County is 25 points.
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 83.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 65.3%.
Federal survey data for Erie County show that median household income is about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among the 226 public schools in Erie County.
The next-closest public school is ALDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. In all, 3 other public schools sit within five miles of ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 63.3% nearby average, ranking 1st of 8.
The NCES locale for ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is Rural: Fringe, which covers schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488, close to the 497 recorded in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 344 students
- ALDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 343 students
- ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINEElementary · 299 students
Other schools in ALDEN
- ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 344 students
- ALDEN MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 343 students
- ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINEElementary · 299 students
Nearby schools
- ALDEN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 343
- ALDEN INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 344
- ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINE3.9 mi · 299
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL5.2 mi · 221
- PEMBROKE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL6.0 mi · 244
- IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL7.3 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 35 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
What is the student diversity at ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
ALDEN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of ALDEN CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.