Enrollment
252
High
DISTRICT 243 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360561000289
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
138 W MAIN ST, BROCTON, NY 14716 · (716) 792-2189 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 06–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL252 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- DBeats 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
8.5:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
152 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 6 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 32 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 9 | 29 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 46 | 18% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 35% · 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 BROCTON 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
42.6%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.9pp since 2023
Math
31.7%
NY avg 57.4% . -15.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 43 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 15 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.6% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.5% | 46.8% |
% 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 252 | 60.3% | 40.2% |
| CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL CAIRO | 333 | 58.9% | 66.5% |
| FORT PLAIN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FORT PLAIN | 316 | 62.7% | 52.9% |
| L A WEBBER MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL LYNDONVILLE | 238 | 54.6% | 61.4% |
| AFTON JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AFTON | 219 | 56.6% | 43.6% |
| MOUNT MORRIS MIDDLE/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MOUNT MORRIS | 238 | 58.4% | 47.0% |
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 BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #938 of 1,135 | #16 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #862 of 1,109 ▼ 179 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #1,042 of 1,135 ▲ 8 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 252 | #1,006 of 1,216 | #11 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #93 of 1,058 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.4% | #768 of 1,070 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.3% | #590 of 1,167 | #3 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.2% | #627 of 743 | #12 of 14 |
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
252
-46 (-15%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 252 | 29.7 | 8.5:1 | 60% (152) |
| 2023-24 | 282 | 31.3 | 9.0:1 | 62% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 277 | 31.6 | 8.8:1 | 67% (185) |
| 2020-21 | 298 | 29 | 10.3:1 | 64% (190) |
| 2017-18 | 263 | 26.8 | 9.8:1 | 65% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 287 | 22 | 13.1:1 | 54% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 55% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 417 | 34 | 12.3:1 | 32% (132) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 34 | 13.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL.
About BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL
Families in BROCTON, New York, are served by BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, a very small high school. It has an enrollment of 252 students in grades 6 through 12. Across high schools in New York, the average enrollment is about 668.
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL belongs to BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district of 2 schools and 486 students.
The share of students at BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL who are White is 81%. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 32%.
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL lists 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 8.5 students per teacher. The school's 8.5:1 compares with an average of 11.0:1 for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 60% of the student body. Public schools in Chautauqua County average a similar 57%.
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of New York public high schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is -12.6 points: 40.2% actual, 52.8% predicted.
Census data for Chautauqua County show the median household earns about $58,351 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, Chautauqua County has 51 public schools.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL. BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. The school's 40.2% average proficiency ranks 8th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Rural: Distant, means it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
In 2020-21, BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 298 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 252. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 10.3:1 to 8.5:1.
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 234 students
Nearby schools
- BROCTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 234
- WHEELOCK PRIMARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 138
- WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL7.0 mi · 133
- WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL7.0 mi · 203
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 288
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL8.5 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL?
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 252 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 8.5:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL?
At BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 81% White, 14% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
What district is BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL in?
BROCTON MIDDLE HIGH SCHOOL is part of BROCTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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