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Enrollment
616
High
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361092000869
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
2 EAST AVE N, FALCONER, NY 14733 · (716) 665-6624 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 06–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New York public high schools
- CTest 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
10.5:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.9:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
304 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 6 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 7 | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 94 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 12% |
| Ungraded | 10 | 2% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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 FALCONER 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
45.4%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NY avg 57.4% . -0.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 47.3% | 47.9% |
% 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
46.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (46.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL this school | 616 | 49.4% | 46.9% |
| DANSVILLE HIGH SCHOOL DANSVILLE | 583 | 49.1% | 53.9% |
| MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL MEXICO | 619 | 47.3% | 59.3% |
| PIONEER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL YORKSHIRE | 636 | 46.9% | 81.7% |
| JOHNSTOWN HIGH SCHOOL JOHNSTOWN | 554 | 51.6% | 52.9% |
| BEEKMANTOWN HIGH SCHOOL WEST CHAZY | 557 | 46.9% | 72.0% |
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 FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.9% | #787 of 1,135 | #14 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #630 of 1,109 ▲ 36 | #13 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,006 of 1,135 ▲ 13 | #16 of 17 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #429 of 1,216 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #409 of 1,058 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.0% | #933 of 1,070 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #702 of 1,167 | #8 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #694 of 743 | #14 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
616
+7 (+1%) vs 2020
+60% since 1990-91, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 616 | 58.8 | 10.5:1 | 49% (304) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 51.9 | 12.1:1 | 50% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 57.4 | 11.0:1 | 51% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 609 | 52 | 11.7:1 | 45% (277) |
| 2017-18 | 628 | 58 | 10.8:1 | 47% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 56 | 11.0:1 | 49% (303) |
| 2010-11 | 720 | 60 | 12.0:1 | 33% (236) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 20 | 24.6:1 | 15% (76) |
| 1990-91 | 386 | 30 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL.
About FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized high school in New York, located in FALCONER. It had 616 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 12.
FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT oversees FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL and 2 other schools, with 1,070 students in total.
The share of students at FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL who are White is 92%. Other groups include 4% Hispanic and 2% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 15, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 58.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 10.5:1. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is close to this figure. The school reported 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 57% average for public schools in Chautauqua County is 8 points.
On the allk12 Grade, FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 21% of New York public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL would be expected to post about 56.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 46.9%.
The county, Chautauqua County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $58,351, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. The county's public schools total 51, with about 17,056 students.
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is about 0.1 miles from HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 37.1% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 616, starting from 609. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 10.5:1, from 11.7:1.
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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 FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- PAUL B D TEMPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 232 students
- HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 222 students
Other schools in FALCONER
- HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 222 students
Nearby schools
- HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 222
- CARLYLE C RING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 373
- GEORGE WASHINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 455
- CLINTON V BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 283
- JAMESTOWN HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,292
- SAMUEL G LOVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 289
Frequently asked questions
About FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 616 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 06-12.
How many teachers does FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL have?
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.5:1.
What is the student diversity at FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 92% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian.
Is FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.