1
What's something CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY does better than most schools?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
998
High
DISTRICT 1,039 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360633000414
CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY
435 EAST ST, CANANDAIGUA, NY 14424 · (585) 396-3800 · Ontario County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL998 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- ABeats 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
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
366 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 | 238 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 240 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 254 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 257 | 26% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 CANANDAIGUA 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
89.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
81.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 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 11 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 81.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 92.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+25.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 25 points, placing it in New York's top 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 CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY
CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY's state test result (86.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY this school | 998 | 36.7% | 86.7% |
| WEST SENECA WEST SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST SENECA | 1,069 | 37.1% | 69.5% |
| OSWEGO HIGH SCHOOL OSWEGO | 1,079 | 36.1% | 63.5% |
| SOUTH GLENS FALLS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH GLENS FALLS | 939 | 37.4% | 71.8% |
| PAUL V MOORE HIGH SCHOOL CENTRAL SQUARE | 1,026 | 38.1% | 64.7% |
| QUEENSBURY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL QUEENSBURY | 971 | 32.3% | 65.0% |
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 CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Ontario County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.7% | #107 of 1,135 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #123 of 1,109 ▼ 45 | #1 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #205 of 1,135 ▲ 35 | #3 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 998 | #243 of 1,216 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #361 of 1,058 | #7 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.7% | #835 of 1,070 | #3 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.7% | #907 of 1,167 | #7 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #315 of 743 | #2 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
998
-82 (-8%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,045
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 998 | 97.4 | 10.3:1 | 37% (366) |
| 2023-24 | 1,035 | 96.6 | 10.7:1 | 36% (376) |
| 2022-23 | 1,082 | 99.7 | 10.9:1 | 36% (392) |
| 2020-21 | 1,080 | 96 | 11.3:1 | 31% (339) |
| 2017-18 | 1,161 | 90 | 12.9:1 | 30% (350) |
| 2015-16 | 1,152 | 91 | 12.7:1 | 28% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 1,274 | 106 | 12.0:1 | 18% (225) |
| 2000-01 | 1,352 | 102 | 13.3:1 | 12% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 1,045 | 79 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY.
About CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY
Families in CANANDAIGUA, New York, are served by CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY, a medium-sized high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 998 students. The average among high schools in New York is roughly 668 students; this school is 49% above that.
CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY sits within CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools and 3,118 students.
The student body at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY is 86% White. Other groups make up 6% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 89% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 25%, meaning two students picked at random have a 25% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teacher staffing is 97.4 full-time equivalents, or about 10.3 students per teacher. This ratio sits 0.8 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 37%.
The allk12 Grade for CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY is A. Compared with New York public high schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 86.7%, is 25.2 points above the 61.5% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of New York schools.
In the county around the school, Ontario County, the median household income is $82,324, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 38% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Ontario County is home to 27 public schools and about 14,114 public school students.
The nearest public school is CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.6 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 5 other public schools. CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY's location as Town: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 82 fewer students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.3:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.3:1.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Ontario County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,625
Census ACS
Median income
$82,324
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
27
14,114 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,433 students
- CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
Other schools in CANANDAIGUA
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,433 students
- CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 687 students
Nearby schools
- CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 687
- CANANDAIGUA PRIMARY-ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,433
- RED JACKET MIDDLE SCHOOL4.1 mi · 160
- RED JACKET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.1 mi · 323
- RED JACKET HIGH SCHOOL4.1 mi · 232
- BLOOMFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.3 mi · 316
Frequently asked questions
About CANANDAIGUA ACADEMYWhat is the total enrollment at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY?
CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY enrolls approximately 998 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY serve?
CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY.
What is the student diversity at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY?
Student demographics at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY are roughly 86% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY in?
CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY is part of CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.