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What's the biggest difference between CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,256
High
DISTRICT 680 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360759000543
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
9625 MAIN ST, CLARENCE, NY 14031 · (716) 407-9020 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,256 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% 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.
- 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
10.8:1
117 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
234 students
DISTRICT 16% · 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 | 318 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 314 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 310 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 302 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 12 | 1% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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 CLARENCE CENTRAL 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
93.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -3.0pp since 2023
Math
87.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 87 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 87.0% |
| 2023-24 | 96.0% | 93.0% |
% 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
93.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+24.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% 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 CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (93.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,256 | 18.6% | 93.0% |
| ORCHARD PARK HIGH SCHOOL ORCHARD PARK | 1,367 | 15.4% | 87.5% |
| BETHLEHEM CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL DELMAR | 1,322 | 16.8% | 89.3% |
| WEST ISLIP SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WEST ISLIP | 1,163 | 20.2% | 79.3% |
| FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FAIRPORT | 1,245 | 23.8% | 83.5% |
| BURNT HILLS-BALLSTON LAKE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL BURNT HILLS | 965 | 21.2% | 81.7% |
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 CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #28 of 1,135 | #2 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #71 of 1,109 ▼ 5 | #3 of 51 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #117 of 1,135 ▼ 35 | #7 of 51 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,256 | #158 of 1,216 | #5 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #471 of 1,058 | #27 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #828 of 1,070 | #38 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.6% | #1,108 of 1,167 | #48 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #329 of 743 | #17 of 35 |
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
1,256
-161 (-11%) vs 2020
+39% since 1990-91, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 1,256 | 116.8 | 10.8:1 | 19% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 1,256 | 123.3 | 10.2:1 | 18% (222) |
| 2022-23 | 1,284 | 113.5 | 11.3:1 | 17% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 1,417 | 109 | 13.0:1 | 13% (187) |
| 2017-18 | 1,454 | 105 | 13.8:1 | 10% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 1,507 | 105 | 14.3:1 | 7% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 1,658 | 112 | 14.8:1 | 7% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 1,386 | 90 | 15.4:1 | 5% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 901 | 60 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
In CLARENCE, New York, CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school. Enrollment is 1,256 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in New York is about 668 students, so this school is 88% larger than average.
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits within CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 6 schools and 4,081 students.
White students are the large majority at CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 86% of enrollment. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. County-wide, 74% of Erie County residents are White. CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 25%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL total 116.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 10.8:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 19%. It compares with 51% for public schools in Erie County.
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is graded A+ by allk12, scoring above 97% of New York public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is +24.9 points, in the top 10% of New York. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 93.0%, and the predicted rate is 68.1%.
Erie County census figures show that median household income is about $72,839, 38% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among the 226 public schools in Erie County.
LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL as Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,417 in 2020-21 and 1,256 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.0:1 to 10.8:1.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 954 students
- SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 527 students
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 406 students
Other schools in CLARENCE
- CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 954 students
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 486 students
Nearby schools
- LEDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 486
- CLARENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 954
- SHERIDAN HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 527
- HARRIS HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 452
- CLARENCE CENTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 406
- LANCASTER HIGH SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,682
Frequently asked questions
About CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,256 students in grades 09-12.
Is CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 117 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 86% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
CLARENCE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by CLARENCE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.