Enrollment
298
High
DISTRICT 351 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361239001007
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
10674 PROSPECT ST, GOWANDA, NY 14070 · (716) 532-3325 · Cattaraugus County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL298 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 8.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
103 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 9 | 84 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 79 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 61 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 69 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 5 | 2% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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 GOWANDA 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
Math
62.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -19.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New York schools, those numbers are about 58 and 57. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 19 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
% 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
65.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (65.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL this school | 298 | 34.6% | 65.0% |
| LA FAYETTE JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAFAYETTE | 298 | 40.3% | 51.3% |
| LEHMAN ALTERNATIVE COMMUNITY SCHOOL ITHACA | 265 | 37.4% | 59.8% |
| ONTEORA HIGH SCHOOL BOICEVILLE | 370 | 36.5% | 75.8% |
| WILLIAMSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSON | 277 | 39.4% | 71.0% |
| CHATHAM HIGH SCHOOL CHATHAM | 316 | 37.3% | 76.8% |
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 GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Cattaraugus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #433 of 1,135 | #7 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #392 of 1,109 ▼ 190 | #7 of 10 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #363 of 1,135 ▲ 107 | #2 of 10 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 298 | #922 of 1,216 | #8 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 7.7:1 | #45 of 1,058 | #1 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #418 of 1,070 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #945 of 1,167 | #10 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #159 of 743 | #1 of 8 |
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
298
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 342
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 9.1:1
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 | 298 | 38.5 | 7.7:1 | 35% (103) |
| 2023-24 | 273 | 39.8 | 6.9:1 | 48% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 35.7 | 8.1:1 | 51% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 33 | 9.1:1 | 46% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 34.1 | 11.1:1 | 60% (226) |
| 2015-16 | 382 | 35 | 10.9:1 | 53% (202) |
| 2010-11 | 436 | 41 | 10.6:1 | 37% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 704 | 58 | 12.1:1 | 38% (266) |
| 1990-91 | 342 | 18 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL.
About GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in GOWANDA, New York. The student body numbers 298 students, from grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in New York is about 668, so this school runs 55% smaller than that.
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL sits within GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 3 schools and 1,053 students.
By race and ethnicity, GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is 63% White. After that, the student body is 21% Native American, 9% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Census figures show Cattaraugus County is about 89% White. The chance that two students picked at random at GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL employs 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 7.7:1. That ratio is under the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 35% in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Cattaraugus County averages 50%, higher than here.
After adjusting for student poverty, GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of New York schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.0%; the prediction is 62.3%.
Across Cattaraugus County, median household income is about $59,540, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is among the 31 public schools in Cattaraugus County.
The nearest other public school, GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL, is less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, 2 other public schools sit within five miles of GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. By average proficiency, GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL had 299 students in 2020-21 and 298 in 2024-25, nearly the same. Federal data show the ratio falling from 9.1:1 to 7.7:1.
Discussions about GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Cattaraugus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
76,145
Census ACS
Median income
$59,540
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
31
11,228 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 334 students
Other schools in GOWANDA
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 421 students
- GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 334 students
Nearby schools
- GOWANDA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 334
- GOWANDA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 421
- NORTH COLLINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL9.1 mi · 319
- NORTH COLLINS JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL9.2 mi · 234
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL10.1 mi · 256
- CATTARAUGUS-LITTLE VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.1 mi · 319
Frequently asked questions
About GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 298 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL serve?
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.7:1 students per teacher at GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 63% White, 5% Hispanic, 0% Black, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL?
GOWANDA HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by GOWANDA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Cattaraugus County.
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