FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

Set in FALCONER, New York, FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-sized secondary school, part of FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 616 students across grades 6 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in FALCONER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (1,070 students total), FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL lists that nearly all students (92%) are White. Other groups include 4% Hispanic, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Chautauqua County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -10.0 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Chautauqua County indicate median household earnings sit near $58,351, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Chautauqua County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), of which FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL is one.

HARVEY C FENNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.1%.

FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 628 students in 2018 compared to 616 in 2025.

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