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ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
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Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL operates as a cozy senior high in ALLEGANY, New York, run under ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 562 students spanning grades 6 through 12.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 1,028 students. ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. Compared to Cattaraugus County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 41% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cattaraugus County (around 50%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.9%; this one delivers 60.1%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Cattaraugus County indicate median household income runs about $59,540, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is one of 31 public schools in Cattaraugus County (combined enrollment of about 11,228 students).
Nearest neighbor: ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 2.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.5%.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 655 (now 562). Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.
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