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Enrollment
1,070
High
DISTRICT 1,003 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361263001032
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL
800 LONG POND RD, ROCHESTER, NY 14612 · (585) 966-4000 · Monroe County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,070 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 42% 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
11.3:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
462 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 252 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 265 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 256 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 260 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 37 | 3% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
73.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -13.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 13 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
59.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,070 | 43.2% | 59.0% |
| ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 972 | 49.3% | 54.2% |
| KENMORE WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BUFFALO | 1,235 | 46.0% | 59.2% |
| UNION-ENDICOTT HIGH SCHOOL ENDICOTT | 1,078 | 49.2% | 71.7% |
| FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 1,121 | 47.1% | 55.5% |
| KENMORE EAST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 1,052 | 40.7% | 56.6% |
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 ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Monroe County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #568 of 1,135 | #16 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #758 of 1,109 ▼ 147 | #22 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #536 of 1,135 ▼ 38 | #17 of 34 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,070 | #220 of 1,216 | #15 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #566 of 1,058 | #24 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #206 of 1,070 | #9 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #798 of 1,167 | #20 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #532 of 743 | #13 of 22 |
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
1,070
-17 (-2%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,259
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 1,070 | 95.1 | 11.3:1 | 43% (462) |
| 2023-24 | 1,057 | 95.9 | 11.0:1 | 48% (512) |
| 2022-23 | 1,044 | 97.8 | 10.7:1 | 44% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 1,087 | 88 | 12.3:1 | 47% (516) |
| 2017-18 | 1,154 | 90.8 | 12.7:1 | 48% (553) |
| 2015-16 | 1,152 | 88 | 13.1:1 | 35% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 1,317 | 85 | 15.5:1 | 29% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 1,483 | 98 | 15.1:1 | 10% (151) |
| 1990-91 | 1,259 | 90 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL.
About ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school serving families in ROCHESTER, New York. It serves 1,070 students in grades 9 through 12. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 60% bigger than that.
Enrollment across the 17 schools in GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT totals 9,935 students.
At 55%, White students outnumber all other groups at ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL combined. It is also 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Monroe County's residents are about 70% White, 15 points above the school's share. By the diversity index, ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL comes in at 64%.
With 95.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL was 11.3:1. High schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 43%.
Measured against New York public high schools, ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 59.0%, compared with a predicted 59.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is located in Monroe County, where median household income is about $76,382, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is one of 186 public schools in Monroe County, which together enroll about 106,108 students.
The nearest other public school, ATHENA MIDDLE SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL. By average proficiency, ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is 1st among 7 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 1,087; in 2024-25, 1,070. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.3:1) than in 2020-21 (12.3:1).
The ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Monroe County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
753,753
Census ACS
Median income
$76,382
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
186
106,108 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- OLYMPIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,090 students
- ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 972 students
- ODYSSEY ACADEMYHigh · 878 students
- ATHENA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 810 students
- LONGRIDGE SCHOOLElementary · 754 students
- ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 673 students
Other schools in ROCHESTER
- ROCHESTER PREP CHARTER SCHOOL 1Combined · 1,405 students
- EDISON CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,362 students
- PADILLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,342 students
- BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,164 students
- IRONDEQUOIT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,160 students
- GATES CHILI HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,134 students
Nearby schools
- ATHENA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 810
- GREECE COMMUNITY EARLY LEARNING CENTER0.9 mi · 269
- PINE BROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 429
- RENAISSANCE ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS1.2 mi · 500
- ARCADIA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 673
- ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 972
Frequently asked questions
About ATHENA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL?
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,070 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.3:1 (95 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL?
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 55% White, 15% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
ATHENA HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GREECE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.