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Enrollment
660
High
DISTRICT 559 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361860001678
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL
1050 MARYVALE DR, CHEEKTOWAGA, NY 14225 · (716) 631-7481 · Erie County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL660 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of New York public high schools
- BTest 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
11.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
390 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 155 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 189 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 129 | 20% |
| Grade 12 | 178 | 27% |
| Ungraded | 9 | 1% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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 CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE 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
64.0%
NY avg 58.3% . -15.0pp since 2023
Math
49.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -26.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 26 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 75.0% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 660 | 59.1% | 64.3% |
| JOHNSON CITY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JOHNSON CITY | 705 | 68.2% | 59.5% |
| GAYNOR MCCOWN EXPEDITIONARY LEARNING SCHOOL STATEN ISLAND | 540 | 55.9% | 69.5% |
| JOHN F KENNEDY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL CHEEKTOWAGA | 353 | 56.4% | 64.3% |
| SCHOOL OF THE FUTURE HIGH SCHOOL NEW YORK | 709 | 50.6% | 73.8% |
| SOLVAY HIGH SCHOOL SOLVAY | 434 | 64.3% | 61.0% |
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 MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In Erie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #449 of 1,135 | #25 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #614 of 1,109 ▼ 320 | #29 of 51 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #710 of 1,135 ▼ 210 | #33 of 51 ▼ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 660 | #384 of 1,216 | #25 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #596 of 1,058 | #37 of 50 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #255 of 1,070 | #20 of 50 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.1% | #603 of 1,167 | #23 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.8% | #726 of 743 | #34 of 35 |
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
660
+40 (+6%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 660 | 57.9 | 11.4:1 | 59% (390) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 55.3 | 11.7:1 | 55% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 615 | 54.5 | 11.3:1 | 52% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 52 | 11.9:1 | 41% (257) |
| 2017-18 | 665 | 46.5 | 14.3:1 | 47% (314) |
| 2015-16 | 692 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 43% (299) |
| 2010-11 | 737 | 51 | 14.4:1 | 23% (167) |
| 2000-01 | 789 | 61 | 12.9:1 | 13% (100) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 53 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL.
About MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is a public mid-sized high school in CHEEKTOWAGA, New York. It enrolls 660 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12.
The 4 schools of CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT, including MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL, enroll 2,236 students.
The largest group at MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 60%. Enrollment also includes 13% Asian, 12% Black, 10% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Erie County, the White share is about 74%. The diversity index for MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 57.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.4 students per teacher. The 11.0:1 average for high schools in New York is close to this figure. Of all students at MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL, 59% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of New York public high schools.
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is 11.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.3% versus 53.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in New York.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Erie County show that the median household earns about $72,839 a year, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. Across Erie County, 226 public schools serve about 122,519 students.
Measured in a straight line, MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL is less than a tenth of a mile from MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 40 students, from 620 to 660.
The allk12 page for MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Erie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
950,622
Census ACS
Median income
$72,839
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
226
122,519 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 518 students
- MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLElementary · 490 students
Other schools in CHEEKTOWAGA
- UNION EAST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 963 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 682 students
- CHEEKTOWAGA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 677 students
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 661 students
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOLElementary · 568 students
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 518 students
Other Maryvale High schools
One other US public school is named Maryvale High. MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Maryvale High SchoolPHOENIX, AZ · 2,532 students
Nearby schools
- MARYVALE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 490
- MARYVALE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.0 mi · 518
- MARYVALE PRIMARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 568
- CLEVELAND HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 305
- CLEVELAND HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 661
- CLEVELAND HILL HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 398
Frequently asked questions
About MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL?
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 660 students in grades 09-12.
Is MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 11.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 60% White, 10% Hispanic, 12% Black, 13% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL in?
MARYVALE HIGH SCHOOL is part of CHEEKTOWAGA-MARYVALE UNION FREE SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.