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Enrollment
1,300
High
DISTRICT 638 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360393000149
BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
220 BALLSTON AVE, BALLSTON SPA, NY 12020 · (518) 884-7150 · Saratoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,300 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 64% 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.
- BBeats 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
11.8:1
110 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
427 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 343 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 324 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 277 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 333 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 23 | 2% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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 BALLSTON SPA 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
82.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
60.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 77.0% |
% 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
70.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (70.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,300 | 32.8% | 70.0% |
| FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HAMBURG | 1,293 | 35.3% | 75.2% |
| HORSEHEADS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HORSEHEADS | 1,119 | 31.5% | 76.8% |
| WEBSTER-SCHROEDER HIGH SCHOOL WEBSTER | 1,337 | 31.0% | 76.8% |
| OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL OSWEGO | 1,079 | 36.1% | 63.5% |
| CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL BALDWINSVILLE | 1,240 | 28.0% | 54.5% |
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 BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #345 of 1,135 | #6 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #422 of 1,109 ▼ 155 | #8 of 11 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #381 of 1,135 ▼ 64 | #5 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,300 | #145 of 1,216 | #3 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #670 of 1,058 | #7 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.0% | #815 of 1,070 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.8% | #961 of 1,167 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #321 of 339 | N/A |
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
1,300
+16 (+1%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 864
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 1,300 | 110 | 11.8:1 | 33% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 1,288 | 115.1 | 11.2:1 | 33% (429) |
| 2022-23 | 1,249 | 120.2 | 10.4:1 | 32% (401) |
| 2020-21 | 1,284 | 111 | 11.6:1 | 31% (400) |
| 2017-18 | 1,288 | 98.4 | 13.1:1 | 30% (385) |
| 2015-16 | 1,290 | 101 | 12.8:1 | 27% (345) |
| 2010-11 | 1,364 | 101 | 13.5:1 | 16% (214) |
| 2000-01 | 1,204 | 85 | 14.2:1 | 12% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 864 | 69 | 12.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
In BALLSTON SPA, New York, BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school. It has an enrollment of 1,300 students in grades 9 through 12. That compares with an average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT counts 3,826 students in its 6 schools, and BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
The share of White students at BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 84%. The next largest groups are 7% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Saratoga County overall, the White share is about 88%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 27%.
There are about 11.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, which has 110. By comparison, the average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is about 33%.
Among New York public high schools, BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 64%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
On BeatsExpectations, BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 7.1 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of New York schools.
In the surrounding county, Saratoga County, median household income comes to about $100,787, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The county has 50 public schools and about 30,097 students.
BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits about 0.1 miles from BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Around the school, 7 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Small).
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,284 to 1,300.
The discussion board for BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Saratoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
238,284
Census ACS
Median income
$100,787
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
50
30,097 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
Other schools in BALLSTON SPA
- BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 883 students
- WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 477 students
- GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 451 students
- MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 370 students
- MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 345 students
Nearby schools
- BALLSTON SPA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 883
- GORDON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 451
- MILTON TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 370
- WOOD ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 477
- MALTA AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 345
- CHANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,300 students in grades 09-12.
Is BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.8:1 (110 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BALLSTON SPA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BALLSTON SPA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.