MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-tier secondary school in MASSENA, New York, overseen by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. The school enrolls 743 students in grades 9 through 12.

MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 2,469 students; MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL logs that 79% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 16% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 92%.

In terms of school funding signals, MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.0:1, putting MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.8%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (St. Lawrence County) records that median household earnings sit near $62,850, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 40 public schools in St. Lawrence County (combined enrollment of about 13,653 students).

NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.6%.

MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL has declined 11%, going from 836 students in 2018 to 743 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 85% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.

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