AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL

AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is a four-year high school of roomy scale in AMSTERDAM, New York, one of the schools within AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, caters to 1,192 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,663 students. AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL shows that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Montgomery County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that median household earnings sit near $64,943, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Montgomery County runs 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,225 students), of which AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is one.

WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL has grew 9%, going from 1,094 students in 2018 to 1,192 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 35% across the same window.

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