CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY

CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY, a mid-tier four-year high school in CANANDAIGUA, New York, run under CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT, instructs 998 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 668 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

CANANDAIGUA CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 3,118 students. CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY is one of those campuses.

On demographics, CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (86%). Beyond that, the school records 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Ontario County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 97 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY ranks in the top 10% of New York public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 61.5%; CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY posts 86.7%, +25.2 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Ontario County shows the typical household earns roughly $82,324 per year, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ontario County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,114 students), of which CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY is one.

CANANDAIGUA MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 57.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY has edged down 14%, going from 1,161 students in 2018 to 998 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.