FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL

FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of compact scale in FREDONIA, New York, operated by FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, works with 461 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in New York, which averages around 668 students.

Within FREDONIA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which oversees 4 schools and 1,484 students, FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL reports 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 36% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Chautauqua County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 81.3%, a residual of +19.4 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Chautauqua County put median household earnings sit near $58,351, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Chautauqua County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,056 students), FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FREDONIA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 43.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FREDONIA HIGH SCHOOL has decreased 9%, going from 506 students in 2018 to 461 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 84% to 74%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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