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Enrollment
1,192
High
DISTRICT 611 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360297000068
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL
140 SARATOGA AVE, AMSTERDAM, NY 12010 · (518) 843-4932 · Montgomery County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,192 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% of New York public high schools
- DTest 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
14.9:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
864 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 | 293 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 293 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 305 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 264 | 22% |
| Ungraded | 37 | 3% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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 AMSTERDAM CITY 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
52.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -13.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,192 | 72.5% | 36.5% |
| DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DUNKIRK | 882 | 71.7% | 38.0% |
| FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FALLSBURG | 663 | 70.9% | 32.2% |
| QUEENS METROPOLITAN HIGH SCHOOL FOREST HILLS | 1,068 | 66.9% | 63.8% |
| MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 833 | 63.7% | 42.5% |
| SAUNDERS TRADES & TECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL YONKERS | 1,039 | 83.8% | 60.5% |
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 AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #999 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #1,056 of 1,109 ▼ 54 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #927 of 1,135 ▼ 196 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,192 | #174 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #985 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #256 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #508 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #161 of 339 |
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
1,192
+27 (+2%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,154
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 1,192 | 79.8 | 14.9:1 | 72% (864) |
| 2023-24 | 1,200 | 83.6 | 14.4:1 | 66% (794) |
| 2022-23 | 1,179 | 77.8 | 15.2:1 | 68% (799) |
| 2020-21 | 1,165 | 82 | 14.2:1 | 61% (713) |
| 2017-18 | 1,094 | 73 | 15.0:1 | 60% (656) |
| 2015-16 | 1,125 | 77 | 14.6:1 | 55% (622) |
| 2010-11 | 1,171 | 84 | 13.9:1 | 32% (380) |
| 2000-01 | 1,201 | 83 | 14.5:1 | 16% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 1,154 | 83 | 13.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL.
About AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in AMSTERDAM, New York. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,192 students on the rolls. High schools in New York average about 668 students, which makes this school 78% bigger than average.
District-wide, AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has 6 schools and 3,663 students.
The share of Hispanic students at AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is 52%, a majority. The remaining students are 35% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. Census figures show Montgomery County is about 15% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 60, compared with 70 nationally.
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL lists 79.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.9 students per teacher. High schools in New York have an average ratio of 11.0:1. About 72% of students at AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Montgomery County average 62%.
On the allk12 Grade, AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 7% of New York public high schools.
Compared with New York schools that have similar shares of low-income students, AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL's results are 11.8 points below predicted: 36.5% against 48.3%.
Census data for Montgomery County show the median household earns about $64,943 a year, roughly 23% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Montgomery County number 16, with about 7,225 students.
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is behind the 37.9% nearby average, ranking 5th of 8.
Locale data from NCES put AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Enrollment went from 1,165 in 2020-21 to 1,192 in 2024-25, a change of 27 students.
People who know AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
49,528
Census ACS
Median income
$64,943
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
7,225 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMYMiddle · 772 students
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACYElementary · 503 students
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATIONElementary · 465 students
- MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATIONElementary · 446 students
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETYElementary · 285 students
Other schools in AMSTERDAM
- BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 879 students
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMYMiddle · 772 students
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACYElementary · 503 students
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATIONElementary · 465 students
- MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATIONElementary · 446 students
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETYElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- WILLIAM B TECLER ARTS IN EDUCATION0.6 mi · 465
- RAPHAEL J MCNULTY ACADEMY FOR INTERN STUDIES & LITERACY1.5 mi · 503
- WILBUR H LYNCH LITERACY ACADEMY1.6 mi · 772
- MARIE CURIE INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND COMMUNICATION1.8 mi · 446
- WILLIAM H BARKLEY MICROSOCIETY2.7 mi · 285
- BROADALBIN-PERTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 879
Frequently asked questions
About AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL?
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,192 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL serve?
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL have?
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL employs 80 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 52% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL in?
AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL is part of AMSTERDAM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.