MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL

Set in MEDINA, New York, MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a mid-tier four-year high school, overseen by MEDINA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. It educates 569 students across grades 7 through 12.

MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one of 3 schools operated by MEDINA CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT, a district that caters to 1,335 students overall.

Demographically, MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Orleans County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 49% of students at MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Orleans County put median household earnings sit near $65,969, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Orleans County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,767 students), MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CLIFFORD WISE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.8%.

MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL operates from a town-center location.

Five-year trend. MEDINA JUNIOR-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 9% since 2018, when it stood at 628 (now 569). Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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