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JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
- 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 169 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 183 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 162 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 176 | 25% |
| Ungraded | 15 | 2% |
School pathway
Test scores
NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 62.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
Schools most like JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (59.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 705 | 68.2% | 59.5% |
| WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WATERVLIET | 785 | 69.3% | 30.9% |
| RENSSELAER JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL RENSSELAER | 462 | 71.9% | 33.0% |
| MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 660 | 59.1% | 64.3% |
| ODYSSEY ACADEMY ROCHESTER | 878 | 64.5% | 33.3% |
| COHOES HIGH SCHOOL COHOES | 607 | 68.5% | 48.3% |
Where JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Broome County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.5% | #557 of 1,135 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #773 of 1,109 ▼ 288 | #9 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #538 of 1,135 ▼ 64 | #8 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 705 | #354 of 1,216 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #762 of 1,058 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.6% | #116 of 1,070 | #2 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 68.2% | #542 of 1,167 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #510 of 743 | #6 of 10 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 705 | 56.6 | 12.5:1 | 68% (481) |
| 2023-24 | 711 | 55.9 | 12.7:1 | 58% (413) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 55.9 | 13.1:1 | 60% (440) |
| 2020-21 | 731 | 60 | 12.2:1 | 62% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 764 | 69.4 | 11.0:1 | 62% (474) |
| 2015-16 | 807 | 66 | 12.2:1 | 62% (499) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 68 | 11.5:1 | 50% (394) |
| 2000-01 | 1,060 | 86 | 12.3:1 | 25% (264) |
| 1990-91 | 955 | 69 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
About JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is located in JOHNSON CITY, New York. There are 705 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
JOHNSON CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is the district for JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. It has 4 schools and 2,281 students.
About 50% of the student body at JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is White. The remaining students are 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 12% Asian, and 10% multiracial. Among people living in Broome County, the White share is about 80%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1, with 56.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, high schools in New York average 11.0:1. The school has 68% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Broome County, the average is 52%.
Among New York public high schools, JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL outscored 56%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.5%, compared with a predicted 49.9%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of New York schools on BeatsExpectations.
In the wider Broome County area, median household income comes to about $62,616, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Broome County counts 52 public schools with about 24,594 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, JOHNSON CITY ELEMENTARY/INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, is the closest to JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.7%, lower than JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's 59.5%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased 4% over 4 years, reaching 705 in 2024-25.
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