AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL

Located at 146 GETTLE RD, in AVERILL PARK, New York, AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL is a moderately sized high school that teaches 870 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within AVERILL PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 30% above typical.

AVERILL PARK CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,543 students; AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (91%). Other groups include 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL reports 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rensselaer County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.8%; this one delivers 79.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rensselaer County put the typical household earns roughly $87,915 per year, about 38% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Rensselaer County's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ALGONQUIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 65.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AVERILL PARK HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 7%, going from 931 students in 2018 to 870 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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