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Enrollment
625
High
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361674001494
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
320 7TH AVE, TROY, NY 12182 · (518) 233-6806 · Rensselaer County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- 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
10.7:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
436 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 165 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 178 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 139 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 134 | 21% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 LANSINGBURGH 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
83.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
Math
40.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -20.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 20 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
60.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (60.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 625 | 69.8% | 60.5% |
| COHOES HIGH SCHOOL COHOES | 607 | 68.5% | 48.3% |
| LACKAWANNA HIGH SCHOOL LACKAWANNA | 670 | 76.9% | 48.5% |
| ODYSSEY ACADEMY ROCHESTER | 878 | 64.5% | 33.3% |
| WATERVLIET JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL WATERVLIET | 785 | 69.3% | 30.9% |
| TROY HIGH SCHOOL TROY | 1,193 | 68.1% | 57.2% |
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 LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Rensselaer County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #534 of 1,135 | #5 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #742 of 1,109 ▼ 229 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #365 of 1,135 ▲ 150 | #4 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #418 of 1,216 | #4 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #459 of 1,058 | #5 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #151 of 1,070 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #524 of 1,167 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #387 of 743 | #3 of 6 |
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
625
-16 (-2%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 416
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 625 | 58.3 | 10.7:1 | 70% (436) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 58.6 | 11.3:1 | 68% (449) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 61.3 | 10.4:1 | 75% (477) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 61 | 10.5:1 | 59% (380) |
| 2017-18 | 706 | 58 | 12.2:1 | 58% (406) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 53 | 13.9:1 | 51% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 804 | N/A | N/A | 41% (327) |
| 2000-01 | 631 | 45 | 14.0:1 | 32% (201) |
| 1990-91 | 416 | 39 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school in TROY, New York, administered by LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The student body numbers 625 students, from grades 9 through 12.
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL falls under LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, which has 4 schools enrolling 2,060 students.
White students are the largest group at LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, with 50% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 23% Black, 16% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Among people living in Rensselaer County, the White share is about 80%. The chance that two students picked at random at LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Federal data list 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 10.7:1. Across high schools in New York, the average ratio is about 11.0:1. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 70%. Across public schools in Rensselaer County, the average is 46%.
Measured against New York public high schools, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 11.2 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (60.5% versus 49.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Rensselaer County has these Census figures: median household income is about $87,915, roughly 38% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. The public schools of Rensselaer County number 42 and enroll about 19,274.
The school nearest to LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 1st among 8 schools close by.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 641 to 625.
Discussions about LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rensselaer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
160,332
Census ACS
Median income
$87,915
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
19,274 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 474 students
- RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 419 students
Other schools in TROY
- TROY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,193 students
- KIPP TROY PREPARATORY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 762 students
- TROY MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 733 students
- TAMARAC MIDDLE SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOLCombined · 576 students
- TURNPIKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 542 students
- TAMARAC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 505 students
Nearby schools
- KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 474
- RENSSELAER PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 419
- VAN SCHAICK ISLAND SCHOOL0.7 mi · 124
- PS 21.3 mi · 249
- HEATLY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 223
- ABRAM LANSING SCHOOL1.7 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 625 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 10.7:1 (58 FTE teachers).
How diverse is LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 50% White, 16% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT in Rensselaer County.
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