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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
562
High
DISTRICT 514 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360001500053
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
3131 FIVE MILE RD, ALLEGANY, NY 14706 · (716) 375-6600 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL562 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
9.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
230 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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 | 96 | 17% |
| Grade 7 | 64 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 9 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 86 | 15% |
| Ungraded | 2 | 0% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Based on grade levels within ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE 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
56.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -9.2pp since 2023
Math
58.4%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.7pp since 2023
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.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.6% | 58.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.8% | 68.1% |
% 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
60.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What 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%.
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 ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (60.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL this school | 562 | 40.9% | 60.1% |
| SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ADAMS | 574 | 38.3% | 82.7% |
| HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HOMER | 558 | 38.2% | 71.0% |
| GENERAL BROWN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DEXTER | 675 | 41.3% | 61.4% |
| WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL WILSON | 487 | 40.0% | 50.5% |
| HUDSON FALLS HIGH SCHOOL HUDSON FALLS | 652 | 40.8% | 51.7% |
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 ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #546 of 1,135 | #8 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #443 of 1,109 ▼ 56 | #8 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.6% | #841 of 1,135 ▼ 129 | #8 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 562 | #474 of 1,216 | #3 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #239 of 1,058 | #5 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 16.5% | #915 of 1,070 | #7 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.9% | #838 of 1,167 | #8 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.2% | #310 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
562
-61 (-10%) vs 2020
+13% since 2000-01, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 562 | 58.5 | 9.6:1 | 41% (230) |
| 2023-24 | 555 | 57.1 | 9.7:1 | 41% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 55.6 | 10.8:1 | 39% (232) |
| 2020-21 | 623 | 59 | 10.6:1 | 36% (224) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 54 | 12.1:1 | 35% (229) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 31% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 405 | 37 | 10.9:1 | 23% (94) |
| 2000-01 | 497 | 30 | 16.6:1 | 11% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL.
About ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is a high school located in ALLEGANY, New York, in Cattaraugus County. Enrollment stands at 562 students, covering grades 6 through 12.
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is one school in ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a system of 2 schools with 1,028 students.
White students are 91% of those enrolled at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 4% multiracial. That is in line with Cattaraugus County, where about 89% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
On staff are 58.5 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 9.6:1. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 41% of students at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cattaraugus County is 50%.
Among New York public high schools, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL outscored 44%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 59.9% at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 60.1%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Cattaraugus County show that the median household earns about $59,540 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 21%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Across Cattaraugus County, 31 public schools serve about 11,228 students.
Among nearby public schools, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 2.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles number 4. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on proficiency.
The federal government classifies ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL's location as Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment decreased 10% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Other schools in ALLEGANY
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 466 students
Nearby schools
- ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 466
- WASHINGTON WEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 284
- OLEAN INTERMEDIATE-MIDDLE SCHOOL4.9 mi · 534
- OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL5.0 mi · 668
- CATTARAUGUS-ALLEGANY-ERIE-WYOMING BOCES5.7 mi · 452
- EAST VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 562 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.6:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL?
At ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL in?
ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL is part of ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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