FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the substantial senior highs in FAIRPORT, New York, run under FAIRPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 1,245 students on its rolls from grades 10 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 86% bigger than the state mean of about 668.

FAIRPORT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,093 students. FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL shows that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 70% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Monroe County (around 50%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.3%; this one delivers 83.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Monroe County) logs that median household earnings sit near $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is DUDLEY SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 71.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FAIRPORT SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has ticked down 15%, going from 1,469 students in 2018 to 1,245 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 81% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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