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Enrollment
743
High
DISTRICT 494 · STATE 668
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 361866001695
MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
84 NIGHTENGALE AVE, MASSENA, NY 13662 · (315) 764-3710 · St. Lawrence County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL743 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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.
- BBeats 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
13.5:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
367 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 170 | 23% |
| Grade 10 | 185 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 196 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 181 | 24% |
| Ungraded | 11 | 1% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 MASSENA 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
76.0%
NY avg 58.3% . +6.0pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
NY avg 57.4% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NYS Assessments, New York's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
NYS Assessments results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 76.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 56.0% |
% 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
66.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on NY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (66.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 743 | 49.4% | 66.8% |
| OLEAN SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL OLEAN | 668 | 50.4% | 52.2% |
| MECHANICVILLE JUNIOR/SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL MECHANICVILLE | 717 | 45.3% | 49.6% |
| TONAWANDA MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL TONAWANDA | 891 | 50.5% | 52.6% |
| MEXICO HIGH SCHOOL MEXICO | 619 | 47.3% | 59.3% |
| FALCONER MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL FALCONER | 616 | 49.4% | 46.9% |
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 MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New York | In St. Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #401 of 1,135 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #566 of 1,109 ▼ 7 | #10 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #487 of 1,135 ▲ 158 | #5 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 743 | #338 of 1,216 | #1 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #887 of 1,058 | #9 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #742 of 1,070 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #701 of 1,167 | #5 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #399 of 743 | #7 of 9 |
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
743
-67 (-8%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 950
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 743 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 49% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 797 | 53.8 | 14.8:1 | 58% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 826 | 55.9 | 14.8:1 | 61% (505) |
| 2020-21 | 810 | 56 | 14.5:1 | 53% (429) |
| 2017-18 | 836 | 57.1 | 14.7:1 | 53% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 54 | 15.5:1 | 50% (420) |
| 2010-11 | 890 | 56 | 15.9:1 | 36% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 986 | 66 | 14.9:1 | 33% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 950 | 69 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
The public high school MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is located in MASSENA, New York. There are 743 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT is responsible for 5 schools, MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL included, with 2,469 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 79% White. The remaining shares are 16% Native American. St. Lawrence County as a whole is about 92% White, so the school's share is lower. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1. The average for high schools in New York is 11.0:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 367 students, or 49%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL lands at B+, ahead of 65% of New York public high schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 56.8%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 66.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for St. Lawrence County show that the median household earns about $62,850 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. St. Lawrence County has 40 public schools with about 13,653 students, including MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits about 0.2 miles from MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is 1st among 9 schools close by.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Remote: the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 810 to 743, an 8% drop.
This page is set up for the MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
St. Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,226
Census ACS
Median income
$62,850
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
13,653 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT
- NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 388 students
Other schools in MASSENA
- NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 454 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 452 students
- MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 432 students
- J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLMiddle · 388 students
Nearby schools
- NIGHTENGALE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 454
- J WILLIAM LEARY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 388
- MADISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 432
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 452
- SAINT LAWRENCE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.4 mi · 369
- SAINT LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL10.6 mi · 276
Frequently asked questions
About MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow many students attend MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 743 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 13.5:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
At MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
MASSENA SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MASSENA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.