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What's the most underrated thing about HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
558
High
DISTRICT 457 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361464001217
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
80 S WEST ST, HOMER, NY 13077 · (607) 749-7246 · Cortland County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL558 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 69% of New York public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
10.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
213 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 142 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 147 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 127 | 23% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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 HOMER 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
86.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 9 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
71.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.0%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (71.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 558 | 38.2% | 71.0% |
| SOUTH JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL ADAMS | 574 | 38.3% | 82.7% |
| CHITTENANGO HIGH SCHOOL CHITTENANGO | 592 | 36.5% | 83.2% |
| WILSON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL WILSON | 487 | 40.0% | 50.5% |
| ALLEGANY-LIMESTONE MIDDLE-HIGH SCHOOL ALLEGANY | 562 | 40.9% | 60.1% |
| COBLESKILL-RICHMONDVILLE HIGH SCHOOL RICHMONDVILLE | 479 | 39.7% | 71.8% |
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 HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #328 of 1,135 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #369 of 1,109 ▼ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #292 of 1,135 ▲ 28 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 558 | #477 of 1,216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.9:1 | #506 of 1,058 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #903 of 1,070 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.2% | #879 of 1,167 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.9% | #506 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
558
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 735
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 558 | 51.1 | 10.9:1 | 38% (213) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 54.4 | 10.3:1 | 44% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 53.3 | 10.9:1 | 42% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 601 | 53 | 11.3:1 | 37% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 53 | 11.4:1 | 36% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 683 | 52 | 13.1:1 | 30% (204) |
| 2010-11 | 703 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 23% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 810 | 58 | 14.0:1 | 11% (90) |
| 1990-91 | 735 | 58 | 12.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a small high school in HOMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, located in HOMER, New York. It teaches 558 students in grades 9 through 12.
HOMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT has 1,828 students in 4 schools, and HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of those schools.
A large majority of enrollment at HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is White, at 90%. The school is also 5% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Among Cortland County residents, the White share is about 90%. The diversity index for HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lists 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 10.9 students per teacher. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is close to this figure. About 38% of students at HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 48% average for public schools in Cortland County is 10 points higher.
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 69% of New York public high schools.
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.0% is 10.1 points above the 61.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Cortland County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $70,418 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Cortland County number 17, with about 5,381 students.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is the closest to HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Distant: the school is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 558, from 601 in 2020-21.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Cortland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
46,246
Census ACS
Median income
$70,418
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
17
5,381 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- HOMER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 443 students
- HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 430 students
- HOMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 397 students
Other schools in HOMER
- HOMER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 443 students
- HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 430 students
- HOMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 397 students
Nearby schools
- HOMER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 430
- HOMER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 443
- HOMER JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 397
- FE SMITH INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 291
- RANDALL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.6 mi · 272
- FRANKLYN S BARRY PRIMARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 417
Frequently asked questions
About HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 558 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.9:1.
How diverse is HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 90% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in?
HOMER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is part of HOMER CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.