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Enrollment
831
High
DISTRICT 430 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360414000177
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL
101 MATTEAWAN RD, BEACON, NY 12508 · (845) 838-6900 · Dutchess County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 59% of New York public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.6:1
78 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
374 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 206 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 227 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 190 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 200 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 8 | 1% |
Student demographics
70%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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BEACON 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
87.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
59.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 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
64.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 BEACON HIGH SCHOOL
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (64.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEACON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 831 | 45.0% | 64.8% |
| FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HYDE PARK | 1,121 | 47.1% | 55.5% |
| ISLIP HIGH SCHOOL ISLIP | 890 | 43.3% | 65.7% |
| BOERUM HILL SCHOOL FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES (THE) BROOKLYN | 743 | 50.2% | 61.0% |
| ARCADIA HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 972 | 49.3% | 54.2% |
| WEST END SECONDARY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 722 | 38.5% | 77.7% |
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 BEACON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Dutchess County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #441 of 1,135 | #10 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #431 of 1,109 ▲ 176 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #262 of 1,135 ▲ 115 | #8 of 14 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #309 of 1,216 | #6 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #435 of 1,058 | #5 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.6% | #94 of 1,070 | #2 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.0% | #767 of 1,167 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #547 of 743 | #10 of 11 |
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
831
-32 (-4%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 532
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 831 | 78.4 | 10.6:1 | 45% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 830 | 81.5 | 10.2:1 | 43% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 78.3 | 10.6:1 | 47% (389) |
| 2020-21 | 863 | 78 | 11.1:1 | 40% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 891 | 73 | 12.2:1 | 48% (427) |
| 2015-16 | 893 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 47% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 1,074 | 66 | 16.3:1 | 53% (565) |
| 2000-01 | 909 | 65 | 14.0:1 | 20% (183) |
| 1990-91 | 532 | 52 | 10.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BEACON HIGH SCHOOL.
About BEACON HIGH SCHOOL
Federal records list BEACON HIGH SCHOOL as a high school in BEACON, New York. It offers grades 9 through 12 and has 831 students enrolled. That is 24% above the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL belongs to BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 6 schools and 2,580 students.
The largest group at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 42%. Other students are 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Dutchess County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 70%.
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL has 78.4 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. The school has 45% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 59% of New York public high schools.
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL scores 64.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.4%.
In Dutchess County, home to about 298,220 people, the median household earns about $99,478 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Dutchess County number 76, with about 36,885 students.
ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of BEACON HIGH SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.3%; BEACON HIGH SCHOOL's is 64.8%, ranking 1st of 9.
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment decreased by 4% across 4 years, from 863 in 2020-21 to 831 in 2024-25.
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Dutchess County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
298,220
Census ACS
Median income
$99,478
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
76
36,885 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 592 students
- GLENHAM SCHOOLElementary · 394 students
- SARGENT SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 244 students
- J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Other schools in BEACON
- ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 592 students
- SARGENT SCHOOLElementary · 285 students
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOLElementary · 244 students
- J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Other Beacon High schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Beacon High. BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLNEW YORK, NY · 1,372 students
- BEACON HIGH SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 214 students
Nearby schools
- ROMBOUT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 592
- J V FORRESTAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 234
- SOUTH AVENUE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 244
- SARGENT SCHOOL1.4 mi · 285
- GLENHAM SCHOOL1.8 mi · 394
- HORIZON-ON-THE-HUDSON SCHOOL2.4 mi · 447
Frequently asked questions
About BEACON HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BEACON HIGH SCHOOL?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 831 students in grades 09-12.
Is BEACON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BEACON HIGH SCHOOL have?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL employs 78 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BEACON HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 42% White, 31% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is BEACON HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BEACON HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BEACON CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.