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Enrollment
882
High
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNKIRK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 360942000719
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
75 W 6TH ST, DUNKIRK, NY 14048 · (716) 366-9300 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 07–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL882 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 9% of New York public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.7:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
632 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 7 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 8 | 147 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 176 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 137 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 125 | 14% |
| Ungraded | 21 | 2% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 DUNKIRK CITY 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
47.4%
NY avg 58.3% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
NY avg 57.4% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.4% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.2% | 33.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
38.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (38.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 882 | 71.7% | 38.0% |
| AMSTERDAM HIGH SCHOOL AMSTERDAM | 1,192 | 72.5% | 36.5% |
| FALLSBURG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FALLSBURG | 663 | 70.9% | 32.2% |
| EAST SIDE COMMUNITY SCHOOL NEW YORK | 693 | 69.4% | 54.7% |
| MONTICELLO HIGH SCHOOL MONTICELLO | 833 | 63.7% | 42.5% |
| LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOL LIBERTY | 578 | 60.2% | 45.2% |
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 DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #976 of 1,135 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #776 of 1,109 ▲ 73 | #16 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.4% | #986 of 1,135 ▲ 71 | #14 of 17 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 882 | #284 of 1,216 | #2 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.7:1 | #255 of 1,058 | #9 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #394 of 1,070 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.7% | #513 of 1,167 | #2 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +50.0% | #21 of 339 | N/A |
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
882
+301 (+52%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
9.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 882 | 90.8 | 9.7:1 | 72% (632) |
| 2023-24 | 896 | 87.2 | 10.3:1 | 64% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 882 | 83.3 | 10.6:1 | 67% (591) |
| 2020-21 | 581 | 51 | 11.4:1 | 62% (360) |
| 2017-18 | 588 | 54 | 10.9:1 | 54% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 53 | 11.3:1 | 60% (361) |
| 2010-11 | 608 | 57 | 10.7:1 | 59% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 623 | 63 | 9.9:1 | 44% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 60 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school in DUNKIRK, New York. The school counted 882 students in 2024-25, covering grades 7 through 12. That is 32% bigger than the average of about 668 students for high schools in New York.
DUNKIRK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 5 schools. Combined enrollment is 1,900 students.
At DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, 58% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 34% White, 5% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 10% Hispanic share among all Chautauqua County residents. The diversity index for DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 90.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 9.7:1. Compared with the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 72%. Across public schools in Chautauqua County, the average is 57%.
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of New York public high schools.
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 38.0% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 48.6%.
In Chautauqua County, median household income comes to about $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 17,056 students.
A public school about 0.3 miles away, DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, is the closest to DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 54.0% proficiency; DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts 38.0%.
For locale, NCES codes DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL as Town: Distant.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 581 to 882. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served. The ratio was 11.4:1 in 2020-21 and 9.7:1 in 2024-25.
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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 DUNKIRK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
- DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 575 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 157 students
- SCHOOL 5Elementary · 152 students
- SCHOOL 7Elementary · 134 students
Other schools in DUNKIRK
- DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 575 students
- SCHOOL 3Elementary · 157 students
- SCHOOL 5Elementary · 152 students
- SCHOOL 7Elementary · 134 students
Nearby schools
- DUNKIRK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 575
- SCHOOL 50.6 mi · 152
- SCHOOL 30.8 mi · 157
- SCHOOL 71.7 mi · 134
- FREDONIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 432
- FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 453
Frequently asked questions
About DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 882 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 9.7:1 (91 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 34% White, 58% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
DUNKIRK SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by DUNKIRK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in Chautauqua County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.