Enrollment
372
High
DISTRICT 337 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360001801936
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL
100 N ERIE ST, MAYVILLE, NY 14757 · (716) 753-5882 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 07–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL372 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public high schools
- A-Test 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
8.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.4:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
160 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 7 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 56 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 49 | 13% |
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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 CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
76.8%
NY avg 58.3% . +14.8pp since 2023
Math
80.5%
NY avg 57.4% . +1.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.8% | 80.5% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 78.9% |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL this school | 372 | 43.0% | 73.8% |
| CATO-MERIDIAN JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CATO | 383 | 42.6% | 54.7% |
| SHERBURNE-EARLVILLE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SHERBURNE | 382 | 43.5% | 67.7% |
| WATERVILLE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL WATERVILLE | 349 | 42.7% | 57.9% |
| ADIRONDACK HIGH SCHOOL BOONVILLE | 383 | 44.1% | 66.3% |
| YORK MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL RETSOF | 343 | 42.0% | 57.1% |
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 CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #273 of 1,135 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.5% | #135 of 1,109 ▲ 102 | #1 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.8% | #476 of 1,135 ▲ 319 | #5 of 17 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 372 | #783 of 1,216 | #7 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.4:1 | #79 of 1,058 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.9% | #1,014 of 1,070 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.0% | #800 of 1,167 | #10 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #331 of 743 | #5 of 14 |
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
372
-18 (-5%) vs 2020
+4% since 2000-01, when it was 358
Student : Teacher
8.4:1
was 8.9:1
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 | 372 | 44.5 | 8.4:1 | 43% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 366 | 43.5 | 8.4:1 | 46% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 379 | 44.4 | 8.5:1 | 47% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 44 | 8.9:1 | 41% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 45.9 | 9.4:1 | 42% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 41 | 11.8:1 | 45% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 382 | 46 | 8.3:1 | 31% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 358 | 27 | 13.3:1 | 23% (82) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL.
About CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment high school in MAYVILLE, New York, (ZIP code 14757). A total of 372 students attend the school, which covers grades 7 through 12. Against the 668-student average for high schools in New York, enrollment here is 44% lower.
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL is among 2 schools run by CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which serves 673 students.
Most students at CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL are White: 95% of enrollment. Other groups include 2% Hispanic. The county population is about 86% White. CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 10%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL, 44.5 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 8.4:1. That ratio is under the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 43% of enrollment. That is 14 points below the 57% average for public schools in Chautauqua County.
allk12 grades CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL an A-. The grade compares the school only with New York public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
After adjusting for student poverty, CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 73.8%; the prediction is 59.2%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Chautauqua County show that median household income is about $58,351, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of 51 public schools in Chautauqua County, which together enroll about 17,056 students.
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the public school closest to CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. Inside a ten-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The school's federal locale classification is Town: Distant.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 372 was 5% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 390.
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Chautauqua County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,544
Census ACS
Median income
$58,351
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
17,056 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
- CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JAILElementary
Other schools in MAYVILLE
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
- CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY JAILElementary
Nearby schools
- CHAUTAUQUA LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.0 mi · 301
- WESTFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.7 mi · 288
- WESTFIELD MIDDLE SCHOOL5.7 mi · 133
- WESTFIELD HIGH SCHOOL5.7 mi · 203
- SHERMAN HIGH SCHOOL7.8 mi · 180
- SHERMAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.8 mi · 234
Frequently asked questions
About CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOLHow many students attend CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 372 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL serve?
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL is approximately 8.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL are roughly 95% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL in?
CHAUTAUQUA LAKE SECONDARY SCHOOL is part of CHAUTAUQUA LAKE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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