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Enrollment
423
High
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361461001213
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
16848 LYNCH RD, HOLLEY, NY 14470 · (585) 638-6335 · Orleans County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New York public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
9.6:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.2:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
248 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 7 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 82 | 19% |
| Grade 10 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 67 | 16% |
| Ungraded | 11 | 3% |
Student demographics
27%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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 HOLLEY 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
49.2%
NY avg 58.3% . +1.7pp since 2023
Math
39.3%
NY avg 57.4% . -24.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 25 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 39.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 64.0% |
% 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
45.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (45.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 423 | 58.6% | 45.5% |
| CAIRO-DURHAM HIGH SCHOOL CAIRO | 333 | 58.9% | 66.5% |
| CASSADAGA VALLEY MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL SINCLAIRVILLE | 382 | 56.3% | 43.6% |
| CANISTEO-GREENWOOD HIGH SCHOOL CANISTEO | 450 | 57.6% | 62.6% |
| OPPENHEIM-EPHRATAH-ST JOHNSVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ST JOHNSVILLE | 349 | 57.9% | 47.6% |
| GOUVERNEUR HIGH SCHOOL GOUVERNEUR | 450 | 56.4% | 62.2% |
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 HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #819 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #747 of 1,109 ▼ 294 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #961 of 1,135 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #659 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #229 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.7% | #819 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.6% | #608 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #584 of 743 |
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
423
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+45% since 1990-91, when it was 291
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 9.4:1
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 | 423 | 44.3 | 9.6:1 | 59% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 444 | 47.3 | 9.4:1 | 59% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 423 | 43.6 | 9.7:1 | 52% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 415 | 44 | 9.4:1 | 45% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 448 | 43 | 10.4:1 | 54% (243) |
| 2015-16 | 519 | 47 | 11.0:1 | 53% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 593 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 49% (293) |
| 2000-01 | 405 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 12% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 291 | 22 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school in HOLLEY, New York, reachable at (585) 638-6335. The school's enrollment of 423 students covers grades 7 through 12. Statewide, high schools in New York average about 668 students each.
Within HOLLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 2 schools. The district enrolls 936 students.
White students make up 85% of enrollment at HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 7% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. The White share in Orleans County as a whole is similar, at about 86%. Pick two students at random and there is a 27% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 44.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.6:1. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 59%.
Measured against New York public high schools, HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in New York with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.4%. HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 45.5%.
Census estimates describe Orleans County this way: the median household income is $65,969, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 13 public schools in Orleans County, enrolling about 5,767 students in all.
The closest public school to HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is HOLLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 45.5% is below the 52.3% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is coded Rural: Distant, for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL had 415 students in 2020-21 and 423 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
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Orleans County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,608
Census ACS
Median income
$65,969
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
5,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOLLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOLLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 513 students
Nearby schools
- HOLLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 513
- BROCKPORT HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 995
- GINTHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 508
- A D OLIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL4.5 mi · 726
- BARCLAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.6 mi · 527
- FRED W HILL SCHOOL4.7 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 9.6:1 students per teacher at HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 85% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HOLLEY JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by HOLLEY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Orleans County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.