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How has BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
965
High
DISTRICT 621 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360594000384
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
88 LAKEHILL RD, BURNT HILLS, NY 12027 · (518) 399-9141 · Saratoga County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of New York public high schools
- ATest 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
10.3:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.1:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
205 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 249 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 238 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 238 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 227 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 13 | 1% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE 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
92.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -6.0pp since 2023
Math
85.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 92 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 85 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 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 92.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 90.0% |
% 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
81.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (81.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 965 | 21.2% | 81.7% |
| HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL HAMBURG | 979 | 24.7% | 87.2% |
| STARPOINT HIGH SCHOOL LOCKPORT | 929 | 16.8% | 91.0% |
| WHITESBORO HIGH SCHOOL MARCY | 914 | 27.1% | 80.0% |
| CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CLARENCE | 1,256 | 18.6% | 93.0% |
| FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 1,245 | 23.8% | 83.5% |
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 BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Saratoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.7% | #153 of 1,135 | #3 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #88 of 1,109 ▲ 8 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 92.0% | #132 of 1,135 ▼ 92 | #2 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #252 of 1,216 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #372 of 1,058 | #5 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.7% | #880 of 1,070 | #6 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.2% | #1,082 of 1,167 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #543 of 743 | #5 of 8 |
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
965
-22 (-2%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 1,077
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 965 | 93.9 | 10.3:1 | 21% (205) |
| 2023-24 | 953 | 92.3 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 928 | 89.3 | 10.4:1 | 19% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 987 | 90 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,035 | 80.7 | 12.8:1 | 15% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 1,041 | 81 | 12.8:1 | 10% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 1,178 | 74 | 15.9:1 | 5% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 1,066 | 77 | 13.8:1 | 4% (41) |
| 1990-91 | 1,077 | 74 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in BURNT HILLS, New York. A federal count lists 965 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New York) has about 668 students.
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the 5 schools that make up BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,105 students in total).
Most students at BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are White: 89% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 5% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. For comparison, Saratoga County is about 88% White. The chance that two students picked at random at BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 20%.
A ratio of 10.3:1 comes from the school's 93.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 21% in 2024-25. It compares with 30% for public schools in Saratoga County.
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
After adjusting for student poverty, BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 81.7%; the prediction is 67.2%.
Across Saratoga County, median household income is about $100,787, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Saratoga County number 50 and enroll about 30,097.
Nearby, FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is about 0.5 miles away. BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency of 81.7% compares with 67.2% for its nearest scored neighbors.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's size has been steady, with 987 students in 2020-21 and 965 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 704 students
- CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 498 students
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 468 students
Other schools in BURNT HILLS
- RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 704 students
Nearby schools
- FRANCIS L STEVENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 468
- RICHARD H O'ROURKE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 704
- CHARLTON HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 498
- PASHLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 470
- GLENCLIFF SCHOOL3.5 mi · 368
- CHANGO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 510
Frequently asked questions
About BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 965 students in grades 09-12.
Is BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 94 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.3:1.
How diverse is BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.