Enrollment
185
High
DISTRICT 198 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361125000889
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
4 ACADEMY ST, FORESTVILLE, NY 14062 · (716) 965-2711 · Chautauqua County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL185 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of New York public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
7.5:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.8:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
75 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 58%
Community
0
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 | 25 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 35 | 19% |
| Grade 9 | 36 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 14% |
| Grade 11 | 31 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 32 | 17% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 20% · 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 FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)English Language Arts
62.4%
NY avg 58.3% . -5.7pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -22.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 23 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.4% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.1% | 73.7% |
% 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
61.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.1%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (61.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL this school | 185 | 40.5% | 61.4% |
| PINE VALLEY CENTRAL JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL SOUTH DAYTON | 199 | 40.2% | 59.8% |
| PANAMA HIGH SCHOOL PANAMA | 189 | 41.3% | 69.2% |
| HANCOCK JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HANCOCK | 199 | 41.7% | 45.9% |
| UNATEGO JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OTEGO | 221 | 40.7% | 75.2% |
| NEWFIELD SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NEWFIELD | 178 | 39.9% | 72.5% |
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 FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Chautauqua County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.4% | #515 of 1,135 | #9 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #579 of 1,109 ▼ 258 | #11 of 17 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.4% | #738 of 1,135 ▼ 67 | #10 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 185 | #1,097 of 1,216 | #15 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.5% | #845 of 1,167 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #203 of 743 | #2 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
185
-10 (-5%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 259
Student : Teacher
7.5:1
was 9.3:1
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 | 185 | 24.8 | 7.5:1 | 41% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 192 | 24.9 | 7.7:1 | 33% (64) |
| 2022-23 | 201 | 23.9 | 8.4:1 | 45% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 195 | 21 | 9.3:1 | 44% (86) |
| 2017-18 | 227 | 23 | 9.9:1 | 52% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 24 | 10.3:1 | 49% (122) |
| 2010-11 | 324 | 28 | 11.6:1 | 39% (127) |
| 2000-01 | 359 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 31% (112) |
| 1990-91 | 259 | 17 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
About FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a public high school run by FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in FORESTVILLE, New York. The school teaches grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 185 students. That puts enrollment 72% below the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT operates 2 schools. Combined enrollment is 396 students.
The share of students at FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL who are White is 89%. Smaller groups are 8% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Chautauqua County residents are about 86% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 20% means there is a 20% chance two randomly chosen students at FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 24.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 7.5:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is 11.0:1. Of all students at FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, 41% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 16 points below the 57% average for public schools in Chautauqua County.
Among New York public high schools, FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of New York schools: 61.4% actual against 60.1% predicted.
In Chautauqua County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $58,351 a year, roughly 25% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL, Chautauqua County has 51 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd among 8 schools close by.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolled 195 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 185. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 9.3:1 in 2020-21 to 7.5:1 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 FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 211 students
Other schools in FORESTVILLE
- FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 211 students
Nearby schools
- FORESTVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 211
- SILVER CREEK HIGH SCHOOL4.6 mi · 284
- SILVER CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL4.6 mi · 200
- SILVER CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 428
- FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL6.8 mi · 453
- FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL6.8 mi · 461
Frequently asked questions
About FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 185 students in grades 07-12.
Is FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.5:1 students per teacher at FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 89% White, 8% Hispanic, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL?
FORESTVILLE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by FORESTVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Chautauqua County.
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