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Enrollment
628
High
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361536001294
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
2111 GIRDLE RD, ELMA, NY 14059 · (716) 652-3000 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% 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
10.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
132 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 154 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 142 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 167 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 158 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 7 | 1% |
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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 IROQUOIS 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
91.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
72.0%
NY avg 57.4% . +17.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 up about 17 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
73.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (73.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 628 | 21.0% | 73.5% |
| HONEOYE FALLS-LIMA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL HONEOYE FALLS | 649 | 20.6% | 93.5% |
| LEWISTON PORTER SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL YOUNGSTOWN | 657 | 20.7% | 90.0% |
| BAYPORT-BLUE POINT HIGH SCHOOL BAYPORT | 579 | 18.7% | 89.7% |
| CAZENOVIA HIGH SCHOOL CAZENOVIA | 560 | 27.1% | 82.8% |
| MARCELLUS HIGH SCHOOL MARCELLUS | 435 | 23.0% | 84.6% |
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 IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.5% | #281 of 1,135 | #19 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #233 of 1,109 ▲ 337 | #19 of 51 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #155 of 1,135 ▲ 27 | #9 of 51 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #413 of 1,216 | #28 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #429 of 1,058 | #25 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.9% | #979 of 1,070 | #47 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #1,085 of 1,167 | #47 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #294 of 743 | #12 of 35 |
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
628
-65 (-9%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 775
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 628 | 59.3 | 10.6:1 | 21% (132) |
| 2023-24 | 625 | 59.5 | 10.5:1 | 22% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 61 | 10.9:1 | 20% (132) |
| 2020-21 | 693 | 61 | 11.4:1 | 17% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 63 | 11.7:1 | 17% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 854 | 61 | 14.0:1 | 15% (129) |
| 2010-11 | 922 | 61 | 15.1:1 | 9% (79) |
| 2000-01 | 918 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 5% (47) |
| 1990-91 | 775 | 52 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is classified as a high school. It is located in ELMA, New York. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 628 students.
In IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6 schools enroll a combined 2,073 students.
By race and ethnicity, IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 94% White. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. The school's White share is 20 points above the 74% share among Erie County residents. A diversity index of 12% means there is a 12% chance two randomly chosen students at IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 59.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 10.6:1. The average for high schools in New York is about 11.0:1. Income data for the school show 21% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Erie County, the average eligibility rate is 51%.
On the allk12 Grade, IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 67% of New York public high schools.
A school with IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in New York is predicted to score 67.3%. IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL scores 73.5%, 6.2 points above that line.
The school is in Erie County, where the median household earns about $72,839 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Erie County, 226 public schools serve about 122,519 students.
The closest school to IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL, located less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On proficiency, IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is ahead of the 64.0% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 628, compared with 693 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 478 students
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 221 students
- WALES PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 185 students
Other schools in ELMA
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 478 students
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 301 students
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 260 students
Nearby schools
- IROQUOIS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 478
- IROQUOIS INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 301
- ELMA PRIMARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 260
- MARILLA PRIMARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 221
- WILLIAM STREET SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,274
- ALDEN PRIMARY AT TOWNLINE4.1 mi · 299
Frequently asked questions
About IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 628 students in grades 09-12.
Is IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL have?
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.6:1.
How diverse is IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 94% White, 2% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
IROQUOIS SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by IROQUOIS CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Erie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.