LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized four-year high school in TROY, New York, one of the schools within LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. Current enrollment sits at 625 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 4 schools operated by LANSINGBURGH CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that educates 2,060 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 23% Black, 16% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Rensselaer County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 70% of students at LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Rensselaer County (around 46%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 60.5%.

In the surrounding community, Rensselaer County reports that median household earnings sit near $87,915, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Rensselaer County runs 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,274 students), of which LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: KNICKERBACKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 37.9%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 706 students in 2018 compared to 625 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 58% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for LANSINGBURGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.