CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL

CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of compact scale in CANISTEO, New York, part of CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD, enrolling 450 students in grades 7 through 12. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools operated by CANISTEO-GREENWOOD CSD, a district that hosts 957 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Steuben County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL records 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.8%, the actual is 62.6%, a residual of +8.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Steuben County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,887 per year, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Steuben County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,701 students), CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CANISTEO-GREENWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 54.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 381 students in 2018 compared to 450 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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