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Enrollment
979
High
DISTRICT 552 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361335001099
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL
4111 LEGION DR, HAMBURG, NY 14075 · (716) 646-3300 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL979 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
242 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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 HAMBURG 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
95.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -6.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 95 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Source: NYS Assessments. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of NY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
87.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.9%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for New York schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in New York's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
979
-146 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.6:1
% White
91%
was 96%
% Hispanic
3%
was 2%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized secondary schools in HAMBURG, New York, one of the schools within HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, with 979 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 47% bigger than the state mean of about 668.
Across the 6 schools in HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (3,309 students total), HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL lists that 91% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 74%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.9%; this one delivers 87.2%, a residual of +21.3 points.
Around the school, Erie County reports that median household income runs about $72,839, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL is one of 226 public schools in Erie County (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students).
The closest other public school is HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.9%.
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 1,125 students in 2018 compared to 979 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 96% to 91% across the same window.
On allk12, the feed for HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 741 students
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 663 students
- CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 382 students
- ARMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 332 students
- BOSTON VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 212 students
Other schools in HAMBURG
- FRONTIER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,293 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,067 students
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 741 students
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 663 students
- BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 535 students
- CLOVERBANK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 509 students
Nearby schools
- HAMBURG MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 741
- UNION PLEASANT AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 663
- CHARLOTTE AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 382
- ARMOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 332
- RANDOLPH ACADEMYHAMBURG CAMPUS2.3 mi · 73
- BIG TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 535
Frequently asked questions
About HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 979 students in grades 09-12.
Is HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.2:1 students per teacher at HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL?
At HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
HAMBURG HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAMBURG CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
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