CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL

CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL operates as a heavily attended senior high in BALDWINSVILLE, New York, part of BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 1,240 students spanning grades 10 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL sits 86% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 8 schools in BALDWINSVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (5,400 students total), CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Onondaga County's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.7%; this one delivers 54.5%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Onondaga County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,945, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Onondaga County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 67,044 students), of which CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HARRY E ELDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.1%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. CHARLES W BAKER HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 1,291 (now 1,240).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.