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What's the biggest difference between GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
1,476
High
DISTRICT 689 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361308001070
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL
8 SCHOOL RD, GUILDERLAND CENTER, NY 12085 · (518) 861-8591 · Albany County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,476 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of New York public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
11.1:1
134 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
417 students
DISTRICT 25% · 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 9 | 363 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 381 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 344 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 363 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 25 | 2% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 GUILDERLAND 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
90.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
68.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 are down about 8 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
76.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.6%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (76.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,476 | 28.3% | 76.2% |
| WILLIAMSVILLE NORTH HIGH SCHOOL WILLIAMSVILLE | 1,307 | 27.8% | 90.0% |
| ITHACA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ITHACA | 1,411 | 26.7% | 74.8% |
| NISKAYUNA HIGH SCHOOL SCHENECTADY | 1,379 | 21.7% | 81.7% |
| VESTAL SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL VESTAL | 1,015 | 30.8% | 86.5% |
| BRIGHTON HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER | 1,164 | 24.3% | 90.5% |
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 GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Albany County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.2% | #238 of 1,135 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #300 of 1,109 ▼ 21 | #3 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #179 of 1,135 ▲ 26 | #3 of 12 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,476 | #101 of 1,216 | #4 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.1:1 | #531 of 1,058 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.2% | #440 of 1,070 | #7 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #1,007 of 1,167 | #10 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.7% | #581 of 743 | #6 of 6 |
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
1,476
-43 (-3%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,285
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
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 | 1,476 | 133.6 | 11.1:1 | 28% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 1,484 | 130.1 | 11.4:1 | 24% (358) |
| 2022-23 | 1,462 | 126 | 11.6:1 | 23% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 1,519 | 163 | 9.3:1 | 16% (249) |
| 2017-18 | 1,566 | 117.6 | 13.3:1 | 15% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 1,611 | 106 | 15.2:1 | 14% (225) |
| 2010-11 | 1,815 | 137 | 13.3:1 | 6% (117) |
| 2000-01 | 1,710 | 124 | 13.8:1 | 5% (78) |
| 1990-91 | 1,285 | 86 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL.
About GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL
As a large high school, GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL serves students in GUILDERLAND CENTER, New York. It reports enrollment of 1,476 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 121% bigger than the 668-student average for high schools in New York.
GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL. It has 7 schools and 4,822 students.
The share of White students at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is 66%, a majority. The school is also 16% Asian, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census estimates put Albany County at about 69% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 133.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.1:1. The average for high schools in New York is about 11.0:1. Of all students at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL, 28% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 45% average for public schools in Albany County is 17 points higher.
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 75% of New York public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is 11.6 points above its prediction. Actual: 76.2%. Predicted: 64.6%.
In Albany County, home to about 317,018 people, the median household earns about $85,333 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 46% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Albany County number 75, with about 39,946 students.
The closest school to GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located about 2.1 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 71.2% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 9.
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 1,476 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,519. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 9.3:1 to 11.1:1.
The GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL discussion page is a place for open houses, carpools, and field trips. You can also rate the school on this page.
Albany County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
317,018
Census ACS
Median income
$85,333
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
39,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,186 students
- WESTMERE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 528 students
- GUILDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 470 students
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 462 students
- LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 405 students
- ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 295 students
Nearby schools
- LYNNWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 405
- ALTAMONT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 295
- GUILDERLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 470
- FARNSWORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,186
- PINE BUSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 462
- VOORHEESVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.7 mi · 541
Frequently asked questions
About GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOLHow large is GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,476 students in grades 09-12.
Is GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.1:1 (134 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 66% White, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
GUILDERLAND HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.