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Enrollment
646
High
DISTRICT 537 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360399000156
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL
260 STATE ST, BATAVIA, NY 14020 · (585) 343-2480 · Genesee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 33% of New York public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.1:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
328 students
DISTRICT 56% · 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 | 146 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 156 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 142 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 181 | 28% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 3% |
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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 BATAVIA 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
75.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.0pp since 2023
Math
32.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 646 | 50.8% | 53.5% |
| NEWARK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWARK | 586 | 53.8% | 52.7% |
| INDIAN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL PHILADELPHIA | 791 | 46.5% | 78.2% |
| OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OLEAN | 668 | 50.4% | 52.2% |
| MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MEDINA | 569 | 48.5% | 46.0% |
| TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 891 | 50.5% | 52.6% |
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 BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Genesee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #677 of 1,135 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #858 of 1,109 ▼ 136 | #8 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #497 of 1,135 ▼ 27 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #397 of 1,216 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #532 of 1,058 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.0% | #493 of 1,070 | #1 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.8% | #681 of 1,167 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.9% | #322 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
646
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 793
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 646 | 58.4 | 11.1:1 | 51% (328) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 61.1 | 11.0:1 | 56% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 645 | 58.6 | 11.0:1 | 45% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 644 | 60 | 10.7:1 | 47% (304) |
| 2017-18 | 640 | 53 | 12.1:1 | 50% (319) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 50 | 13.0:1 | 51% (333) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 60 | 11.7:1 | 41% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 889 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 22% (195) |
| 1990-91 | 793 | 58 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL.
About BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is one of the public schools in BATAVIA, New York. It is a medium-sized high school. It enrolled 646 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year.
BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 4 schools with a combined 2,147 students. BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
At 68%, White students outnumber all other groups at BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL combined. Other students are 15% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Genesee County residents are about 89% White. The chance that two students picked at random at BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 50%.
Teacher staffing is 58.4 full-time equivalents, or about 11.1 students per teacher. High schools in New York have a similar average ratio of 11.0:1. About 51% of students, or 328, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.5% is 2.8 points below the 56.3% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Genesee County show that median household income is about $73,314, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. A total of 21 public schools operate in Genesee County, serving about 7,800 students.
The nearest other public school, NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Ranked by average proficiency, BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL places 4th out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Distant.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 646, close to the 644 recorded in 2020-21.
Posts about school safety, transportation, and start times are welcome on this page. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Genesee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,787
Census ACS
Median income
$73,314
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
7,800 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 499 students
- JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
Other schools in BATAVIA
- BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 605 students
- JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOLElementary · 499 students
- JACKSON SCHOOLElementary · 397 students
- NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLINDCombined · 51 students
Other Batavia High schools
One other US public school is named Batavia High. BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Batavia High SchoolBatavia, OH · 679 students
Nearby schools
- NEW YORK STATE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND0.5 mi · 51
- JOHN KENNEDY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 499
- BATAVIA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 605
- JACKSON SCHOOL1.8 mi · 397
- ELBA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 185
- ELBA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 225
Frequently asked questions
About BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOLHow large is BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL?
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 09-12.
Is BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.1:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL?
At BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 11% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL in?
BATAVIA HIGH SCHOOL is part of BATAVIA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.