HILTON HIGH SCHOOL

HILTON HIGH SCHOOL is a 9-12 campus of sprawling scale in HILTON, New York, part of HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, educateing 1,358 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, New York's public schools average about 668 students each, so HILTON HIGH SCHOOL sits 103% larger than that benchmark.

HILTON HIGH SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by HILTON CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that works with 4,123 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HILTON HIGH SCHOOL logs that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 24% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Monroe County's rate of about 50%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HILTON HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.1%; this one delivers 82.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Monroe County indicate median household income runs about $76,382, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Monroe County runs 186 public schools (combined enrollment of about 106,108 students), of which HILTON HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is QUEST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around HILTON HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HILTON HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.0%.

HILTON HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 1,440 students in 2018 compared to 1,358 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.