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LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
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NYS Assessments 2024-25 . % Proficient (Level 3 + Level 4)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 66 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of the moderately sized secondary schools in ANGOLA, New York, operated by EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE), with 665 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.
Across the 5 schools in EVANS-BRANT CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (LAKE SHORE) (2,010 students total), LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Native American, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Erie County as a whole.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erie County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.1%; this one delivers 77.5%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Erie County put the typical household earns roughly $72,839 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Erie County runs 226 public schools (combined enrollment of about 122,519 students), of which LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.
ERIE 2-CHAUTAUQUA-CATTARAUGUS BOCES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.7%.
LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 17%: 799 students in 2018 compared to 665 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 82% to 76% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for LAKE SHORE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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