MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL

MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is a high school of modestly sized scale in RUSHVILLE, New York, one of the schools within GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN), instructing 339 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 49% smaller than the state mean of about 668.

Within GORHAM-MIDDLESEX CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (MARCUS WHITMAN), which oversees 4 schools and 1,039 students, MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL logs that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest comes out to 4% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.3%.

In the surrounding community, Ontario County reports that median household earnings sit near $82,324, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL is one of 27 public schools in Ontario County (combined enrollment of about 14,114 students).

Nearest neighbor: MARCUS WHITMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARCUS WHITMAN HIGH SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 351 students in 2018 compared to 339 in 2025.

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